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The Jewish Calendar's 240 Missing Years ...... 3
According to the Jewish calendar, Adam was created 5.765 years
ago. However, adding 4,000 years to our calendar indicates a span of
6,005 years. This article tells where both calendars came from and
how the Jewish scholars missed 240 years. Fine tuning the calendars
is a ncar impossible task. bUllhis research puts both calendars on the
same playing fie ld and makes them easy to understand.
John 14: " / Will Come AgainlJ .. • ... 6
On the evening before His crucifixion. Jesus ate the Passover meal
with His disciples. The meeting covers four chapters, revealing a new
commandment - the commandment to love the brethren. Chapter
14 answers the " Four Questions" of the Passover Seder.
The Tabernacle or David .• .. 8
Israel's new Sanhedrin Court has announced plans to assemble
materials for rebuilding the Jewish Temple. They have engineers and
architects designing a modular prefab building that can be assembled
in a matter of hou rs or days, rathcr than normal construction limes
of several years.
AMAZING DISCOVERIES ...... 17
New invention: Diving Without an Oxygen Tank! Alon Bod-
ner, the Israeli inventor, designed a vest that houses n centrifuge
that ex tracts volumes of oxygen from water, allowing a diver to
breathe without the need for heavy tanks and weights. TIle diver
can stay underwater much longer. Its amazing! His invention can
also provide oxygen for submarines.
Video Review:
The Gates of Jerusalem ...... 18
Bob Ulrich reviews a new video by Questar Productions featur-
ing Richard Kiley in a documentary on the history behind each of
Jerusa lem's old gates. You will love the sights and sounds of the
Old City as he takes you to each gate and tells about their strategic
importance in Bible time; and today.
World 's Largest Volcano ... Yellowstone! ...... 28
Yell owstone National Park is the world 's largest volcano. The
ground there has risen 50 inches in the last fifty years. Scientists arc
keeping an eye on the area, claiming that it could blow up one of
these days and kill mostof the population of America.
The Hebrew Alphabet: Introducing the ~ KaJ . ... . 29
This is an informative series for our magazine. Each month, we
will be looking at the lettcrs of the Hebrew alphabet and explaining
their scriptural mean ings.
Page 29 ...
Reflections: Introducing the J Kaf
She Was the Prettiest Girl I Had Ever Seen! ... ... 30
J. R. tells about mecting Linda at church when they were teen-
agers. After the first ycar at college, he returned home for their
marriage. This month, they are celebrating 47 years of living
" happily ever after. "
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Found At Last:
The Jewish Calendar's
240 Missing Years
By J . R. Church
Western civilization uses a calendar that
dates from the First Advent of Chris. To
us, it is the year A.D. 2005. The tenn A.D.
is an acronym for Anno Domini, Latin for,
"in the year of the Lord." That is, approxi-
mately 2,005 years ago, Jesus was born in
Bethlehem.
In 1653, Bishop James Ussher set the date
for the birth of Christ at 4 B.C., claiming
that our calendar was
in error by four years.
Since he had no politi-
cal au thority to push
the calendar back fou r
years, he had to leave it
at 1653 (the publishing
date for The Annals of
'he War/d), but claimed,
nevertheless. thaI we were as much as four
years off.
According to Ussher, Adam was created
on Friday, six days after the new moon of
September/Octoher in 4004 B.C., giving
added importance to the birth of Christ be-
The Persian Empire started with the fall of Babylon in 538 B.C. But the Jewish
ing exactly 4,000 years after Adam. Today
calendar dates the event at 374 B.C. How could they be so far w rong?
in A.D. 2005, it is generally believed among
Christians that Adam was created around probably won't be alive to welcome Him. In the I 990s, billboards went up all over
6,009 years ago and that Jesus was born In October 2000, the human population Isracl, declaring that the Messiah is corn-
about 2,009 years ago. reached six billion, up from three billion ing. In January 1994, the Lubavitcher Jews
However, the Jewish calendar says that in 1960. declared their aging leader, Menachem Sch-
this year is 5765 A.M. The tenn A.M. is an The population doubled in forty years. neerson, to be the Messiah. Unfortunately,
acronym fo r Anno Mundi, Latin for "from Th e previous doubling took 80 years; he died that summer.
the creation of the world." - claiming and before lhat, it took 200 years for the Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri, a leading mystic
that Adam was created only 5,765 years world's population to double. In othcr in Ismel. recently stated lilal the Messiah
ago. When comparing the Jewish calendar words, population growth has reached the will arrive, not later than September 13,
to our modem calendar, we are faced with proverbial "exponential curve." However, 2007 (see Prophecy in lhe News magazine,
240 missing years. if the United Nations is successful in keep- May 2005, p.14). If the Jewish calendar is
Which calendar is closest to being right? ing the rate of population growth stable at correct, why are the Jews looking fo r thc
Certainly not the Jewish calendar. Here's every forty years, then in another 240 years, Messiah now? Some 700 years ago, Jewish
why. According to Jewish sources, their there should be over 400 bill ion people on mystics wrote that the Messiah would come
messiah should come at the close of 6,000 Ihis planet! shortly after the tum of the millennium:
years and establish the long-awaited "mes- Obviously, thaI's 100 many. There would "When the s ixtieth year crosses the
sianic kingdom" that should last throughout not be enough air to breathe, not enough threshold of the sixth millennium, the God
the "great Sabbath" - or seventh millen- waler to drink, and not enough food to eat of heaven will visit the daughter of Jacob
nium.lfthe Messiah doesn't show up for to kccp people alive. The Jewish calendar with a preliminary remcmbrance ... . In the
another 240 years, most of the human race could not possibly be correct. year sixty-six, the Messiah will appear in
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the land of Galilee" (Zohar, vol. I , p. 370).
Obviously, the "sixtieth year" was 5760,
and the " threshold ofthe sixth millennium"
was our year 20001200 I. The appearance
of the Messiah in the "year sixty-six" pro-
vides the basis for Rabbi Kaduri's recent
prediction .
The Jews have always known that their
calendar was wrong. Though the rabbis wi ll
argue for the authenticity of their calendar,
based upon the Seder Olam Rabbah. they
know that their dates are flawed. further-
more, many of them know why.
What Happened to 240 Years?
Dr. Fred Nolen Jones, in his book, The
Chronology oJthe Old Testament, reported
that early Jewish historians dated historical
events from 312 B.C., the time of the estab-
lishment of the Seleucid dynasty. Seleucus
was one of four genera ls who divided
the Greek Empire following the death of
Alexander the Greal. According to James
Ussher's chrono logy, in 3 12 B.C., Seleucus
recovered his kingdom from Antigonus.
However, Jewish sourees claim this da t-
ing from 312 B.C., goes back to a promise
made to Alexander the Greal. They call it For the answer, we should begin at Baby- of Syria. They gave Antiochus the king-
the Minyan Shtarot. lon in 315 B.C., with a q uarrel between dom that rightly belonged to Demetrius,
According to Jewish c hronology, Al- Antigonus and Seleucus. Antigonus wanted the ten-year-old SOil of Sclcucus, who was
exander had requested that his statue be a report of all accumulated treasures. Se- being held hostage at Romc. That year,
placed in the Temple 8 1 Jerusalcm. Simon, leucus, fearing that Antigonus would over- Antiochus Epiphanes mnrle a league with
the high priest, explained how disagree- throw his kingdom, fled to Egypt, where he certain politicians in Jerusalem. Thls would
able this would be to Jewish feeli ngs and asked Ptolemy to help him rid them both of eventually lead to the desecration o f the
suggested that the Jews could bestow an this aggressive pretender to their kingdoms. Temple in 168 B.C., and thc Maccabean
even greater honor on him by naming all Over the next few years, the combined revolt that followed.
the male babies bom to the priesthood that forces of Ptolemy, Seleucus, Cassander and The Second Book of Maccabees contains
year "Alexander." Lysimachus fo ught against Antigonus and even more dates that reflect the "Minyan
They would also accept the year (of his his son, Demetrius. In 312 a .C., Antigonus Shtarot " (the calendar that started in 3 12
conquest of the empire) as the first year gave up on Babylon and Persia and returned B.c.). No official historic Jewish record,
of counting in all legal documcnts. T his his troops to Phrygia. prior to A.D. 1517 (other than the Seder
system, Minyan Shtarot, commenced on Concerning 3 12 B. C., James Uss her Olam), dates events from the Creation.
the first of 7ishri, 312 B.C., and was still wrote: "Seleucus had acquired this power-
in use over 1,500 years later. ful anny ... and easily subdued the provinc-
T he Seller O/am Rabba"
es of Media, Susa and the other bordering The basis for the modern Jewish calen-
Jewish Ca lendar Adopted in IS I 7 countries .... The story o f the Maccabees' dar lies in the Seder Olam Rabbah (or the
According to The Jewish Time Line account of the Greek reign a lso began here. "Book oJthe Order oJthe World ',), wh ich
Encyclopedia, by Mattis Kantor: " When Without a doubt this is from the aurumn of was compi led in the mid-second century, by
the Turks conquered Egypt, in 1517, and this very year, that is, from September or Yose ben Ha lafta (died A.D. 160).
the system of Jewish communal structure October of the year 312 B.c. The writer Ha lafla was a student of the fam ed
changed, Rabbi David ibn Zimra, became of the ... book[s] of Maccabees calculated Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph (the father of the
the leader o f the Egyptian Jews and for- his Greek years by starting at that time ... " Mishnah). During the Bar Kokhbah revolt
mally ended the Minyan Shlarot" (p. 185). (Annals. p. 329). against the Romans (A.D. 132-135), the
From that time, the Jews began to use their The First Book of Maccabees (I: I 0) 90-year-old Akiva gave his blessing to the
modem calendar of dating their years from cates the events of 175 B.C., as being " 137 revo lution by proclaiming that Bar Kokh-
the Creation, as given in the Seder Olam. years from the beginning of the kingdom bah was the "star out oj Jacob" (Num.
Until 1517, the Jews dated their histon- of the Ureeks" (3 J 2 B.C.). That was the 24 : 17) - lsnll:I's lung awaited Mess iah!
cal events from 312 B.C. But, was that the year Antiochus Epiphanes returned from Bar Kokhbah was killed in A. D. 135 and
year Alexander established the "conquest Rome where he had been held hostage . the revolt was crushed. The Roman general,
of the empire?" Obviously not. Alexande r R is brother Seleucus had becn murdered Hadrian, p lowed the city of Jerusalem and
conquered the Persian Empire in 331 B.C., through the treachery of Heliodorus. But sowed salt in the furrows. He erected a
and died in 323 B.C. So, what Greek Empirc Eumcnes and Attal us expelled Heliodorus, statue to Zeus on the Temple Mount and
was established in 312 B.C.? who had intended to take over the kingdom Conti nued o n Page 14
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The Gospel of John - Chapter 14:
"I Will Come Again!"
By J . R. Church
Around the l}assQvcr table, it is custom-
ary to ask four questions. Michacl SIms-
sfeld referred to this as Mah Nishtanah
(meaning "Four Questions") saying, "Th is
famou s section is usually recited by the
youngest child, though,
in fact, anyone can ask
'Why is this night dif-
ferent?' As mentioned,
much of the ... ritua l
is to provoke chi ldrcn
to ask questions, and
the Talmud Slates that
any question fu lfills the
purpose and makes Mah Nishlanah unnec-
essary .... The ' Four Questions' are never
answered directly in the Haggadah." (The
Jewish Flolidays, pages 21, 22).
The First Ques tion
Nonnally, the "Four Questions" have to
do with Israel's past - the Exodus from
Egyptian bondage. But, on this night, the
disciples were more concemed with the fu-
ture. Peter hadjusl asked the first question:
"Lord, whither goeSI thou?" (John 13:36).
John opens chapter 14 with this reply:
"Let not yOllr heart be troubled: ye be-
lieve in God, believe a/so in me.
"In my Fmher s house are many man-
sions: if it were not so, I would have told
you. I go 10 prepare a place for you.
"And ifl go ondprepore aplocefor you,
I wil! come again, and receive yOIl unto
;According'id'~-
myself: thaI where I am, there ye may be
also"(John 14:1-3}.
The hour of betrayal and crucifixion
was drawing near. Left with little time to
express His feelings, Jesus encouraged His
disciples. Knowi ng that His death would
evoke sorrow llnd grief, Jesus told them
not to be in despair. He implied that death
"B,lIold, til, lAIIIb of God/" (John 1:29)
is only a doorway into ponals of glory.
in order to enter Heaven, we must leave
this mortal flesh behind. After all, our bod- can be seen in the resurrected Christ. A fier "I know that he shall rise again in the
ics nre only temporary dwelling places. Our resllrrection , the Savior's body became resurreclion 01 the 10Sl day" (John 11:24),
real self only abides in mortal flesh during impervious to mortality. He demonstrated indicating that she believed in the resurrec-
the sojourn on this Earth. Once we are fin- supemarural abil ities. tion at the end of days. It was a common
ished with this flesh, our spirit will simply Here, we are plainly told about the Sec- teaching from Daniel 12:2.
slip away and cnter through a dimensional ond Coming. No previous Scripture is so isaiah alludes to the Savior's two advents
shift into the eternal realms of Heaven. clear about the Second Advent. In chapter in chapters 53 and 63, but no one could quite
Mortal fle sh cannot go there, but im- ll, Jesus told Martha that Lazarus would understand the sequence of events. T he Old
mortals can travel in both realms. This rise again, to which she acknowledged, Testament prophets, prompted by the Holy
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Spirit, predicted both the Messiah's "suf- the future resurrection. stand this, but on the day of Pentecost, Peter
fering" and His "gIO/y," but did not know The Apostle Paul wrote about this in his quoted from Joel's prophecy as ifhc was
what they were writing. very first epistle - the letter 10 the church expecting the imminent return of Christ.
Peter explained that the prophets searched at Thessaloniea: He included the part about the sun being
their own Scriptures in hopes ofunderstand- "For the Lord himsel/shall descendfivm "... Ilirned infO darkness and Ihe moon into
ing the difference between the suffering heaven wilh a shout, with Ihe voice o/Ihe blood" (Acts 2:20).
and the g lory: archangel. and with the trump a/God: and It seemed that Peter expected the sun to
·'Searching whal, or what manner a/time Ihe dead in Chrisl shall rise firsl: shut down at any moment. Jocl covered
the Spirit a/Christ which was in rhem did "Then we which are alive and remain both advents in his prophecy, but Peter did
signify. when it testified beforehand thesllf- shall be caught lip logether with them in not yet understand.
f erings o/Christ, and the glory that sholild the clouds. to meet the Lord in the air: and Many years later, as we have quoted from
/011011''' (I Pet. I : II). so shall we ever be with the Lord" (I Thes. I Peter 1: II , the Apostle finally understood
For that reason, Jewish sages taught that " 16,17). the differe nce between the two advents.
there would be two Messiahs - One who This was the very first New Testament Throughout the first-century, however, it
would suffer and the other who would book written. Paul penned it about fourteen was believed that Christ could return at
conquer. They said that Messiah ben Joseph years after Calvary, proving that promise of any moment.
would die for the sins of the peop le, and Christ's return was a major doctrine in the
Compl1ring John 14 and
that Messiah ben David would come to early church.
establish the Messianic kingdom and raisc Throughout the first century, the Apostles Revelation 14
ben Joseph from the dead. continued to ex.pect the Savior's imminent In the chapter before us, Jesus promised
Peter was given the answer to his ques- return. Though Peler was told, "Whither 1 to return and take the sainlS home to the
tion that night. He real ized that C hrist go, Ihou cansl nO/follow me now; bill Ihou Father's house. Following this same theme,
was tal king about His rcturn 10 Hea ven shall follow me aftenvards" (John 13:3 6), John g ives us the fourteenth c hapter o f
where He would wait until that day when referring to Peter's death, He sti ll believed Revelation, in which Jesus stands before the
He wou ld return to resurrect and rapture in the "any moment" return. throne of God with 144,000 saints, saying,
the saints. In the followi ng months, the Jesus also told Peter, " ... when tholl shalt "These well!' redeemed from among men.
promise of Christ's return would begin to be old, tholl shall .~tretch forth thy hands. being the first/mits I/IUO God and 10 the
be taught. and another sholl gird thee. and carry Illee Lomb" ( Rev. 14:4).
When Jesus said, '·1 will come again. " whither thou wOllldest nOI. This spake he. In the latter part of Revelation 14, John
He was not referring to His .resurrection, signifying by whal death he should glorify gives us a view of the Second Advent. He
but to ours. Nor was He referring, as some God" (John 21:18, 19). wrote that Christ would retum in a white
claim, 10 the believer's death, but rather, to Eventually, Peter would come to under- Continued on Page 25
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Is It a Symbol, or a Reality?
The Tabernacle of David
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In March 1983, Israeli archeologist Asher Kaufman suggested that this cupola stands over the bedrock where Solomon's
Temple once st ood . Our tour group is pictured standing here at the " Dome of the Tablets," as it is called today. Note that It
stands to the west of the Mosque of Omar, and could be the place where the next Temple will be constructed .
By Gary Stearman Assembling architects and engineers, the This last phrase is taken from a letler
Sanhedrin has initiated plans thai are sure signed by two of the Sanhedrin's spokes-
Recent events in the Middle East have to elevate tensions among members of the men, Professor Hillel Weiss and Rabbi
b<c,"ght prophetic Scripture to Arab Waqf and the Palestinian Authority. Chaim Richman, leader of the Jerusalem
the foreground . World- More than that, the implicat ions of this Temple Institute. The letter is dated 28 Iyar,
NelDaily featured an move are prophetically electrifying. 5765 (June 6, 2005),
article on the 8th of J une The article states, "The group, which "The Sanhedrin calls upon all groups
that openly presented a calls itself the Sanhedrin, is calling on the who work in the area of Temple and Temple
subject that is practically Jewish people to contribute toward the Mount-related research and activity, to be-
taboo in Israel: rebuild- acquisition of materials for the purpose gin to prepare detailed architectural plans
ing the Templc. of rebuilding the Temple - including the for the construction of the Holy Temple,
Recallin g that the gathering and preparation of prefabricated, towards Ihe goal of its establishment in its
Sanhedrin was recently disassembled portions to be stored and proper place.
reborn afler a l600-year lapse, it head- ready fo r rapid assembly, 'in the manner "The Sanhedrin will establish a forum of
lined thcir current plans to do just that. of King David. ' " architects and engineers whose goal will be
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to implement this decision, so that detailed
working plans are effectively brought to an
operational stage.
"The Sanhedrin calls upon the Jewish
people to contribute towards the acquisition
of materials for the purpose of rebuild-
ing the Holy Temple; the gathering and
preparation of prefabricated, disassembled
portions of this building to be stored and
ready for rapid assembly, in the manner of
King David. These contributions will be
considered "ch I/fin," i.e. , non-sacred, for
the purpose of the planning and construc-
tion of the Temple."
Whm a bold and visionary plan! It comes
at a time when rabbis are not even allowed
on the Temple Mount, except in small
groups, for a limi ted time. Yet they arc now
making plans to place a building there!
Bible-believing Christians have long
spoken of the fact that just such a Temple
must be erected, in order that the "Day oJ
the Lord" prophecies might be fulfill ed. For
example, Paul writes that a future "man oj
sin " will declare himselfas the ruler of the
world from within the Temple precincts:
··Who opposerh and exa/telh himself
above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped; so rhat he as God sinelh in
Ihe femple of God, shewing himself that he
is God" (I! Thes. 2:4).
A temple of some sort must be prestO!
in order for this prophecy to be fillfilled.
Many have reasoned that it must be some
Pt..AN OF THE
son of temporary structure, exactly as the
FIRST TEMpLE
one envisioned by the Sanhedrin.
SUPERIMPOSED ON
Perhaps a Temple Mount presence wi ll TEMPLE M OUNT
come in two stages, since Scripture plainly
tells us that in the monumental struggle to o sH ap" 'L~--','LA.;.;TID?"RM""'_-l
I
reestablish the Kingdom , Israel will re-
cover, repair and set up David's Tabernacle.
Even in David 's day, it was considered
a temporary tent, to be used only until a
Temple could be built. It has been hidden
Asher Kaufman believes that Solomon's Templ e stood directly west of the Eastern
since the days of the Babylonian Captivity.
Gate, and north of the area whe re the Dome of the Rock is located. Above, is a layout
As we shall see, its recovcry will signal the
of Solomon's Temple with the "Dome of the Tablets" in the Holy of holies.
dawn of a new day.
But some say that the Tabemacle ofDa- ing and disseminating the new institution barriers of legalism. To the Jew, the Law
vid is only a spirimal symbol. They interpret - the called-out body of Christ - known to was everything. It was the source of bless-
it as a metaphor for a lattcr-day revival of the world simply as the church. lis members ing to those who kept it. It was a curse to
the church, saying that it should not be were faced with many external obstacles. those who trampled upon its precepts.
taken literally. They assert that discovering The Graeco-Roman culture , with its In Acts 15, Paul and company had just
and repairing a three-thousand-year-old Babylonian baggage of pagan gods, stood returned from their first missionary journey,
tent is neither scripturally validated nor squarely in the path of the Gospel. The cult coming back to their departure point, An-
believable. of the Caesars saw the church us encroach- tioch of Syria. There, they were greeted by
How do we then reconcile the Bible's ing upon its realm of power. Tribal pagans a Jewish council with a harsh and critical
prophetic view of future events with current dwelling in the swamps, plains. forests and message, ··Except ye be circumcised after
Israeli plans? In this study, we shall begin jungles greeted Christianity with suspicion, the manner oj Moses, ye cannot be saved··
in first-century Jerusalem, at a con ference ifnat outright hostility. ' (Acts 15: 1).
called to determine the direction of the BUI in the beginning, the internal ob· In the wake of this opposi tion to the
early church. slac1es were just as overwhelming as the Gospel of Grace. there followed, "nosmall
A fter Jesus ' ascension, His disciples were external ones. The Gospel came to the Jew dissension and disputation" (Acts I 5:2). In
faced with the daunting challenge offound- first, and there, it encountered cnonnaus modern English, this means spirited and
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emotional dcbate, no doub t ranging at times taken literally, or nol? find oul what the Tabernacle of David is all
into shouting argument. How shal l we interpret these words, about because God said He would restore
At this point, the historical record shows spoken by James during the early fonnative it. We need to be able to recognize it and
Peter standing up to argue for the basic years of the church? Are they a metaphoric embrace it. When God is doing something,
Christian teaching ofsalvation through grace. expression, or do they refer to an aClua l we should be p2.rt of it. Rig ht?
Paul and Barnabas then testified of the many event of the future? "The first question that comes to my mind
miracles wrought on their long journey. As earlier mentioned , some say that is why does He intend to restore David 's
Listeners, stunned by their amaz ing James' words don't refer to the literal Taber- Tabernacle? From the verse above il is
report, fell si lent, contemplating the enor- nacle of David at all, but simply foreshadow clear that He wants the rest of mankind to
mous change that was now sweeping their a reawakening of God's Spirit. Such is the seek Him. The restoration of the Tabernacle
world. At this dramatic moment, one stood view of Ihose who believe thaI the church of David is evangelistic 'so the rest of
in their midst to utter a prophecy that in- has replaced national Israel. mankind may seek the Lord.' Take a look
spires us to this day: They c la im that the Tabernacle of David at Psalms 40:3 :
"And after they had held their peace, is simply an expression for the church "He hath put a new song in my mOllfh,
James answered, saying, Men and brethren, and its various ministries. There are many even praise unto Ollr God: many shall see iI,
hearken un/a me: examples of such doctrine. One such , and fear. and sf-all lrost in the Lord. ..
"Simeon hath declared how God at the published by the International House of He continues, "What is the new song?"
first did visit the Genliles, to take oul of Prayer, presents a good cross-section of this He answers this question by sayi ng, "What
them a people Jar his name. belief. Its spokesman, Mike B ickle,likens we see here is that many will see the new
"And to thi:; agree the words ofthe proph- the restoration of David's Tabernacle to a song and it will cause a revc rence or fear
ets; as it is written, worldwide prayer movement: of the Lord and they wi ll go to Him quickly
"After this I will return, and will build " ... the Ihree dimensions to this restora- for refuge. This is evangelism. This then, is
again the tabernacle of David, which is tion. A priestly dimension - focused on 24 one ofthe primary reasons God is restoring
Jallen down; and I will build again the mins hour a day worship and intercession thai fol- the Tabernacle of David: Evangelism."
Ihereof. and I will set it liP: lows the Davidic order of worship. A pro- Hopper 's view is that the Tabernacle
"Thollhe residue ofmen might seek after phetic dimension - focused on the release symbolizes an evangelistic outreach. He
the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom of the prophetic ministry in the church of sees the slmcture as God 's current act of
my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth Jesus Christ - Acts 2: 17. A ki ngly dimen- empowering tbe church.
all these things. sion - focused on the apostolic ministry that Both o flhese men are espousing a notion
"Known unfo God are all his works/rom accompl ishes the tasks of the kingdom with that is currently very popular. It is dedicated
the beginning ofthe world. power, fulfilli ng the Great Comm ission to the idea that world evangelism, or the
"Wherefore my sentellce is, thai we lroll- - eVRngeii.qm, community and equipping. harvest of souls is what is meant by the
ble not them, which from among the Gentiles The Tabernacle of David in all three dimen- rebuilding of the Tabernacle of David. Their
are furned to God" (Acts 15: 13-19). sions had its beginning of restoration in the sentiments are representative o f a large
New Testament church. cross-section of today's church.
Is the T a b ern a cle Only a Symbol?
" However, thc completion o f these three Put another way, the building of the
Taken at face value, James' words are di- dimensions have not yet becn fully restored Tabernacle of David will be realized in
rect and p lain. In complete agreement with that the nations might know God. The Tab- the church, itself. The morc "spiritual" it
Peter, Paul and Barnabas, he rises to enunci- ernacle of David is essential in the comple- becomes, the more is it said to embody the
ate the plan of God to those present. That tion of the great harvest of sou Is promised to elements of David's Tabernacle, which be-
plan is still in effect to Ihis day. Its intention the church at the end of the age. We believe comes a metaphor for the faith of the saints
is nOl to establish a global kingdom, but that city wide prayer ministries will filllhc and the res toration of worship and praise in
to take from among the Gentiles a people earth before the Lord rerums." the present church.
fo r His name. James emphatically stresses Let me rcpeat that this statement reflects,
that God was not, at that time, bringing in not our view, but the view of those who
Is the Ta bernacle a Future Reality?
H is Kingdom. believe that the church has replaced na- However, there is another view of David's
He does this by noting an order of events: tionallsracl, and will bring in God's earth ly Tabernacle, held by those or us who see the
First, He is work ing among the Genti les. kingdom. Note that it spiritualizes David 's era of the chureh as a fi nite dispensation that
After this, He will return and rebuild the Tabernacle, by making it a form of worship, lies between the dispensation of the Law
Tabernacle of David. He will do this in order rather than an acrual, physical structure that and the Messianic Kingdom. It proceeds
that a "!T!sidlle" - remna nt - of mankind cun today, is lying somewhere in storage at an upon the basis that the tent erected by David
have thc opportuniry to seck the Lord. This undisclosed location. was a real structure, with a real history, and
remnant wil l begin with the twelve tri bes of This belief is echoed many times in the that this history is not yet complete. Strnnge
Israel (Revelation 7), and expand to include modern churc h. Another writer, Harold as it may sound, aner three thousand years,
an enormous number of Gentiles. Hopper, in an article called "Restoration this tent still exists and one day wi ll be
Ja mes conc luded by saying that the of the Tabernacle of David. " likens its re- brought out of storage.
Genti les shl/uhI !Iut be yoked with the bui lding to thc singing of powerful songs After the Israelites crossed the Jordan,
Law. His ..... ords seem clear enough 10 of devotion. Writing about James' speech they brought the Mosaic Tabernacle to
those who understand the dispensat iona l in Acts 15, he says: Gilgal, where it remained for a time. Then
nature or God's work of grace in the era o f " God speaks in thi s Scri pture (which it was moved to Shiloh, where it became
the church. But they are often the source references Amos 9: I I) that He wi ll restore a permanent sanctuary, until the time of
of much dissension and discussion among the Tabernacle of David. Most of us agree Philistine domination. Tn the days of the
modem Christians. Namcly, are they to be that we are in the last days. We need to prophet Samuel, the Israelites felt that their
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Ark of the Covenant should be moved to a day" (I Kings 8: 1-8). The mountain where the Lord took Moscs
safer place. Tragically, the Philistines had 11 is unclear whether the wilderness Tab- is well documented in Scripture:
captured the Ark and defeated the annies ernacle was placed inlo storage at this time. "And the LORD spake IInto Moses Ihal
ofI srael. But, il is quite clear that David's Tabernacle selfsame day, saying,
After the Ark was recovered, Moses' and the Ark oflhe Covenant wcre preserved "Get thee up inlo Ihis mountain Abarim,
Tabemacle wO moved to Nob, then finally
as as sacred relics. 1 particular, the Tabernacle
.0 unlo mount Nebo, which is in the land of
to Gibeon. This location was less than ten of David was given special treatment. Moab, that is over against Jericho; and be-
miles northwest of the fortress of Jebus, The account above, in I Kings, is held hold the land ofCanaan, which I give UIIIO
whieh was captured by David, and devel- in Jewish tradition to have been written by the children of Israel/or a possession:
oped as his city, Zion. In Gibeon, the wilder- the prophet Jeremiah. 1f so, it was probably "And die in Ihe malin! whither thou goesl
ness Tabernacle remained in use for a time, penned around thc time of the Babylonian lip, and be gathered IInto thy people: as Aal'On
then faded into the mists of history, now captivity, between 610 and 600 B.C. This thy brother died in mount Hor. and was gath-
replaced by a tent commissioned by King would have been about 300 years afier ered unto his people" (Deul. 32:48-50).
David. Subsequently, on what would later Solomon initiated Temple worship! The Note that in this passage, we find the
become the Temple Mount, David pitched staves of the Ark were slill visible even in tenn, "Abarim. " 11 is the Hebrew expres-
a different tent for the Ark of the Covenant. Jeremiah's day! sion for "the regions beyond," and it refers
With great ceremony, it was brought there, to the lands east of the Jordan River. The
and installed as the place where the priests
J eremiah 's Amazing Trek mountain range of the Abarim overlook
could resume their sacred rituals. This brings us to n Iruly fascinating the Dead Sea to the west. Nebo, the high-
At this point, there were two Tabernacles account in Ihe long epic of David's Taber- est point in the region, is about 4,000 fcet
- one in Gibeon and the other in Jerusalem. nacle. As recorded in II Maccabees. chapter above the surface of the Dead Sea.
In fact , both continued in usc for a short 2, we find a historical footnote that helps us Of Moses' trip, Flavius Josephus writes,
time. Then David's son, Solomon, complet- to understand the long prophetic scope of "Now as soon as they were come to the
ed his magnificent Temple. The Tabernacle the Tabernacle. At the time of the Babylo- mountain called Abarim, (which is a very
with all ils equipment was transferred to nian captivity, the Temple 's instruments of high mountain, situate over against Jericho,
the new Temple, where il began to be used sacrifice were earned into the wilderness, and one that affords, to sueh as are upon it, a
by the priests: where they were hidden: prospect of the greatest part of the excellent
"Then Solomon assembled the elders of ''The records show that it was the prophet land ofeanaan). "
israel, and ali the heads of the tribes, the Jeremiah who ordered the exiles to hide Nebo stands twenty miles cast-southeast
chief of/he fathers oflhe children ofIsrael, the fire, as has been mentioned; a lso that, of Jericho, and only sixty miles from the
unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, Ihal they having given Ihem the law, he charged them coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Thc ac-
might bring up the ark of (he covenant of not to neglect the ordinances of the Lord, or count of Jeremiah 's trip makes it clear that
the LORD alit of the city of David, which be led astray by the sight of images of gold he was divinely led on his secret mission.
is Zion. and si lver with all their finery. In similar Those who later tried 10 blaze the trail to
"And all the men of Israel assembled words he appealed to them nOI to abandon his hiding place were completely confused;
themselves IInto king Solomon of the feast the law. Further, this document records that, they couldn't filld the way.
in the month Ethanim. which is Ihe seventh prompted by a divine message, the prophet Today, some arc saying that these im-
month. gave orders that the Tent of Meeting and portant ani facts aren't even on Nebo at all,
"And all the elders of Israel came, and the Ark should go with him. Then he went but rather, on the way to Nebo. The 1611
the priests look lip the ark. away to the mountain from the top of which King James Version's Apocrypha re nders
"And they brought up the ark of the Moses saw God's promised land. When he U Maccabees 2:5 as follows:
LORD, and the tabernacle ofthe congrega- reached the mountain, Jeremiah found a " And when Jeremie came thither, he
tion, and all the holy vessels that were in cave-dwell ing; he carried the lent, the Ark, found an hollow cave wherein he laid the
the labernac/e, even those did the priests and the incense-altar into it, then blocked Tabernacle, and the Arke, and the altar of
and Ihe Levites bring lip. up the entrance. Some of his companions incense, & so stopped the doore."
"And king Solomon, and allihe congre- came to mark out the way, but were unable It is possible to interpret the first phrase
gation of Israel, that were assembled unlO 10 find it. When Jeremiah learnt of this he as, " ... and as Jeremiah journeyed there
him, were with him before the ark. sacrific- reprimanded them. 'The place shall remain ... . " or "while he was on his way." It is
ing sheep and oxen, that could lIot be laId unknown, ' he said, ' until God finally gath- most fascinating that the famous archeolo-
nor numberedfor multitude. ers his people together and shows mercy to g ist Vendyl Jones is working in the Wadi
"And the priests bl'Ought in the ark of them. Then the Lord will bring these things Sekhakha, which lies just above Qumran,
the covenanl of the L.ORD unto his place. to light again, and the glory of the Lord will si le of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls dis·
inlO the oracle of /he house, to the most appear wilh the cloud, as it was seen both covery. There, he claims that he is about
holy place, even under the wings of the in the time of Moses and when Solomon to find the hidden treasures of the Temple
cherubims. prayed that the shrine might be worthily - including the Tabernacle.
"For (he cherubims spread forlh their consecrated" (11 Maccabees 2: 1-8, NEB). If one draws a straight line from Jerusalem
two wings over the place ofthe ark, and the One's first thought is that if this account to Nebo, it crosses Qumran. In other words,
cherubims covered the ark and Ihe staves is true, then Ihese artifacts are still hidden Jeremiah 's trip from Jerusalem to Nebo
thereof above. to this day. They are not symbols but real would have taken him right past this legend-
"And Ihey drew 0111 the staves, that the objecls ... relics beyond price! And Jer- ary site. Did he hide them there on his rrip
ends ofthe staves were seen out in the holy em iah stated that they would be revealed at to and from Nebo? Jones theorizes that this
place before the oracle, and they were not the time of the Lord's return to restore "his is, in fact, the case. He bases this bel ief on
seen without: and there they are /Into this people together and show mercy to them." his translation of the famous Copper Scroll,
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discovered in 1952 in a cave that lies just a way of saying that David's Tabernacle "So they brought the ark oJ God, and
northwest of the northern end of the Dead would figure strongly in the epoch-making set it in the midst of Ihe tent tilat David
Sea. Its origin and provenance are unclear, changes that would come with the Day of had pitched for it: and Ihey offe,.ed burnt
but its age has been documented as far back the Lord and the coming of the Messianic sacrifices and peace offerings befo,.e God.
as the sixth century, B.C., to the time of Kingdom. " And when David had made an end of
Jeremiah, himself. Amos wrote that David's Tabernacle offe,.ing Ihe burnt offerings and the peace
Jones' reading of the enigmatic scroll has would one day be brought out and repaired. offerings, he blessed the people in the name
led him to believe that the ashes of the red It is important to remember that he wrote oftlteLORD.
heifer (in a container called the kala/) and in about 755 B.C. This would place his "And he dealt to evely olle of Israel,
other treasures were buried above the Wadi prophecy a full hundred and sevcnty-five bollt man and woman. 10 el'ely one a loaf
Sekhakha in the Cave of the Column, where years before Jeremiah hid the Tabernacle! oJ bread, and a good piece oJflesh. and Q
he has been digging for many years. His Before il had even been hidden, he foretold flagon of wille " (I Chronicles 16: 1-3).
reading of the Copper Scroll suggests that its rediscovery in the far future : Unlike the original Tabernacle of Moses,
Jeremiah's treasure may also be there: "In 'hat day willi raise up the tabernacle David's tent is said to have had only one
"According to the Copper Scroll. Column 5, of David thOl is Jallen, and close lip the compartment. It had no inner court, with
Line 12-14 and Column 6, Line I says: breaches thereoJ; and I will raise lip his 1"11- the traditional menorah, altar of incense
(5 : 12] In the tomb which is in (at) the ins, and I will build if as in the days of old: and table of showbread. Instcad, it was
River of the Dome "That they may possess the remnant oJ specifically designed to house the Ark of
[5:13] In the coming (way) from Jeri- Edam, Gild oJ all 'he heathell, which are the Covenant. Scripture makes it clear that
cho to Succacah, dig 7 cubits, like this) cal/ed by my name, saith the LORD that even David considered his tent only a tem-
{-squiggle sign-} . doeth this" (Amos 9: 11,12). pomry measure, pending the construction
16: I} xxx (beside the ?) Cave of the The closing chapters of Amos' revelation of a true Temple.
Column with two openings are specifically "Day ofthe Lord" prophe- Shortly aftcr the Ark was inaugurated, he
[6:2] cntmnccs viewing EaSI cies. They rcfer to the judgments that will began to exprcss his disappointment over
[6:3] in the North opening viewing mark the conclusion of Gentile world rule. the matter:
Eastward His use of the term, "in that doy," specifi- "And it come 10 pass, when tfte killg sat
[6:3] In the hidden opening dig cally sets the time of the prophecy. When in his house. and Ihe LORD had given him
[6:4] 3 cubits and there is the kalal James quoted Amos, he modifiet1the phrase ,.est round aboutfrom all his enemies;
[6:5J underneath il (the kalal) is one book slightly, to "afte,.lhis," meaning after the "ThaI the king said unlO Nalltall the
[possibly the Silver Scroll]. calling-out ofa people for His name. prophel, See now, I dwell in all house of
To the East dig in the opening like this T his fits perfectly with the dispensational cedar. bill the a,.k of God dwelletlt within
(- ·sq uiggle sign-J view, which holds thtl! flner Thp. hody of cur/aim'" (It Samuel 7: 1,2).
[6: 10] 7 cubits Christ is completed and caught up, the The word of the Lord came to Nathan,
[6: II] in(side is the )complete Tabernacle Kingdom of David will be cstablishcd and David was told that his son would build
on the side Westward. Dig cubits through a cataclysmic order of events that the Tcmple. First, therc was to be a tempo-
[6: 13] seventecn unseats the Gentilc world powers. mry tent, then a pennanent building.
[6: 14-15] in the areh(whieh is the) cham- This slight altemtion of wording between Currently, Ihe thinking of the Sanhedrin
ber of the High priest ... " Amos and James doesn't change the tim- reflects precisely this order of events - a
The scroll also contains a description of ing in the least. I.n either case, it is after temporary building of some sort, to be fol-
the Tabernacle 's location within the cave: the called-out body of believers rcaches lowed at the appropriate time by a penna-
"[I :5] Here is the Tabernacle, on the third completion that the Day of the Lord will !lent one. For whatever reason, they now
level, and all the pieces of ... gold. " commence. believe that the time is right.
(A Door of Hope, pp. 72, 74 Vendyl Amos treats the subject of the Tabemacle Currently, they plan a prefabricated struc-
Jones, Lightcalcher Productions, 2005). as a real object. In the Hebrew of the Old rurc. But, if David's actual Tabernacle were
Over the years, the world has followed Testament, he describes the process by found, they would quickly seize upon the
Jones' work, as he and a force ofvolllnteers which the rips in its fabric will be repaired opportunity to use it.
have unearthed what he believes to bc a patched, if you will. Thi s language As dctailed in last month's Prophecy in
sample of the Temple's holy anointing oil. A strongly suggests that a literal, rather than the News. but worth repeating in the context
bit later, he discovered hundreds of pounds symbolic, reading is demanded. Led by the of th is study, Vendyl lones now believes
ofa material that, when analyzed, seems to Spirit of the Lord, Amos is referring to a that his time has come. A recent rclcase
follow the fonnul a for the Temple incense. real tent - eallcd in this text, the sukkot of from Israel Notiollal News -Al"lllz Sheva,
These tantalizing finds have convinced David. This is the word for a lemporary tent, dated May 18,2005, opened as follows:
him that Jercmiah's hidden treasure is about as opposed to the Tabernacle of Moses, 10 "An unnamed Kabbalist has gmnted bless-
to be brought to light in the Cave of the Col- be used until the Temple is rebuilt. ing to famed archeologist Dr. Vendyl Joncs
umn. Nothing could be more exciting than to uncover thc Holy Ark of the Covenant.
to unearth the Tabernacle of David. [n and
What About th e Ark" Jones plans to excavate the Lost Ark by the
of itself, it would be one of the most sensa- This brings LIS to the actual use of David's Tisha B 'AI' [9th of AI'] Fast this summer."
tional archeological discoveries of all time. restored Tabernacle. The firsltime it was em- As this is written, this date is practically
ThaI, of course, is pmctically insignificant, ployed, it was set up on the mount that David upon us: Augusl 14, 2005! Bear in mind
compared wilh ils prophetic potential. had purchased as a place for the priests to that Vendyl Jones has consistently limited
This brings us full circle back to James, minister. Then, with great ceremony and his excavation to the Cave of the Column,
as he speaks to the Jerusalem council. In much rejoicing, the Ark of the Covenant was which he says is designated by the Copper
Acts 15, he quotes the prophet Amos, as brought up and put in place: Scroll as the location ofthc Tcmple treasurc
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· and David's Tabernacle. against God, to blaspheme his name, and natural leadership will overcome the bad
However, nowhere does the Copper his tabernacle, and them thaI dwell in blood that currently clouds any conceivable
Scroll say that the Ark of the Covenant is heaven" (Revelation 13 :4-6). tmce between Jews and Arabs.
buried therc. The article continues: Apparently, the Tabernacle will be pres-
"The Talmud says the Ark is hidden in ent at that time. That being the case, it
A Mysterious "Wall"
a secret passage under the Temple Mount. would certainly be an object of scorn and Following the Asher Kaufman model,
Jones says that the tunnel actually conti nues hatred. Many will doubt its very authentic- however, a compromise might be reached.
18 miles southward, and that the Ark was ity, probably accusing the Jews offabricat- Recall that his placement of the Temple
brought through the tunnel to its current rest- ing a fraudulent tabernacle for political leaves a space between it and the Dome.
mg place in the Judean Desert.Throughout purposes. Both buildings might co-exist for a time. It
the many years of his quest, Jones has becn may not be the ultimate and correct loca-
in close contact and under the tutelage of
A Final Question tion, bUl at least it would allow the presence
numerous Rabbis and Kabbalists. Extremely This raises another question. Assuming ofa Temple.
knowledgeable in Torah, Talmud and Kab- that the Tabernacle is discovered and plans For many years, it has been noted that
balah sources dealing with Holy Temple are made to set it up, just where on the the concluding chapters of Ezekiel speak
issues, Jones has now received pennission mountain would it be placed? First, there of an interim Temple period, in which a
from both known and secret Kabbalists to is an archeological argument about the lo- wall of separation is erected between a
finally uncover the Lost Ark." cation of the Temple. Differing authorities Temple and the existing Muslim mosques
Reportedly, the rabbi senl a message to place it in either of two locations. already on the Mount. One verse is found
Jones on May 12, 2005 , saying, "The time This dilemma has been complicated by in Ezekiel 42:20:
is right." With this blessing, Jones is now the fact that since the 1970s, the Arab Waqf "He measured it by thefollr sides: it had
moving to discover the treasures by the 9th has busied itself in a series of building a wall round aboUT, five hundred reeds
of Av. the anniversary of tile destruction of projects around the Temple Mount. Each long, and five hundred bmad, to make a
both the first and second Temples. of these has obfuscated foundation markers separation between the sanctllary and the
that could give archeological authorities profane place. "
Fitting the Pieces Together solid points from which to measure. Clearly, Here, a rectangle is measured fo r the
Prophetically speaking, the mind reels the Arabs have pursued the long-term goal Temple. Its centerline is given in the preced-
at the present confluence of events. The of removing any legitimate historical con- ing verse 15, as "the gate whose pmspect
Sanhedrin had no sooner been instituted, nection that modcm Israelis might claim. is toward the east. "This would correspond
than it began to make serious plans for the Decades ago, Dr. Asher Kaufman had the with Asher Kaufman's proposal, that the
rebuilding of the Temple ... a prefabricated opportunity to observe certain features on Temple is aligned with the Golden Gate.
Tempk, no kss! the northern end of the Mount, before they Notice that a wall is prescnt, separat-
At the same time, Palestinian Authority had been covered by Arab construction. ing the Temple from another place - a
President Mahmoud Abbas and U .S. for- From these poims, he measured southward "profane" place that is described as being
eign policy authorities are pressuring Ariel to a point aligned with the Golden Gate. defiled.
Sharon to vacate the territories and return to His calculations placed the Holy of Then , in Ezekiel 43~8 , we are given a
Israel's 1949 boundaries! These boundaries holies directly west of the present Golden prospect of the Temple at a time somewhat
didn't even grant the newly-formed Israel Gate, at the site ofa visible feature called later, when the Lord's Shechinah GIOI}'
complete control of Jemsalem. the "Dome of the Spirits." Placed here, a returns to the Temple.
Nor did the border allow Israel access Temple would clear the north side of the The Lord announces to Ezekiel that He
to the Temple Mount and, of course, that present Dome of the Rock by almost 18 will, at that time, occupy the Temple forev-
is key to any activity that might lead to Meters (26 feet). ermore. Never again, He says, will Mount
restoring worship on Mount Zion. Whether Another proposal was later forwarded by Zion be defiled. Then, He makes another
Tabernacle or prefabricated Temple, it is the husband-and-wifc archeological team statement that includes a reference to the
certain that both the Palestinians and the of Kathleen and Leen Ritmeyer. In the late mysterious "wall:"
U.S. State Department will try to disallow 1980s, they published findings that placed "'In their selling of their threshold by
any constmetion there. the Holy of Holies directly under the center my thresholds, and their pOSI by my posts,
Yet, somehow, it's going 10 happen. of the Dome of the Rock. Placing a Tab- and the 11'(11/ belween me alld them. they
Scripture seems to predict both a tempo- ernacle or Temple here would require the have even defiled Illy hoI), name b)' their
rary Tabernacle and a Tribulation Temple destruction oflhe Mosque orOmar, and the abominations 'hat they have commiffed:
on the Holy Mountain. Even the book of overthrow of the present-day politics that wherefore I have cOl/slimed them in mine
Revelation mentions that the beast that rises control this volatile site. anger" (EzekieI4J:8).
from the sea will detest the presence of the h is safe to say that even if the Dome of We can't be certain abolll the nature of
Tabernacle: the Rock were physically removed, Arabs this wall, but it certainly seems to suggest an
"And rhey worshipped the dragon which wouldn't allow a Jewish building there. alien presence on the Temple Mount. This
gave power unto the beast: and they wor- Millions of Moslems regard this spot as would explain how the Tribulation Temple
shipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the their third holiest religious site. Some sort could coexist with the Islamic shrines that
beast? who is able to make war with him? of agreement must then, be reached. are already there.
"And there W(lS given /lnlo him a moulh That agreement will be forged by the Given the Sanhedrin 's active plan, and
speaking grealthings and blasphemies; and man whom Daniel called "the prince Ihat the current rabbinic excitement about the
power lIIas given unto him 10 continuef orty shall come, " He is the Antichrist, who will prospect of discovering the Tabernacle and
and (1110 monfhs. confinn the infamous seven-year covenant the Ark, all this may soon come to pass.
"And he opened his mouth in blasphemy with the region's leaders. Only his supcr- Keep your eyes on Mount Zion! •
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Continued From Page 4 hamie covenant in Abram's seventieth year. James Ussher 's The Annals of the World,
changed the name of Jerusalem to Ael ia However, the Scripture states that Abram pages 117-234:
Capitolina, so that the name of Jerusalem was seventy-five years old. Here is another I. Dariu s the Mede (or Cyaxa r es)
would be lost to history. He rounded up mistake of 5 years. reigned I year (538-537 B.C.) then turned
most of the Jewish population and sold them Thirdly, Ussher gives details of497 years the throne over to his son-in-law, Cyrus.
on the slave markets of the world. Ovcr the rrom the roundation or the firsl temple 2. Cy ru s ascended the Medo/Persian
next twenty years, Yose ben Halafta and to the consecration of the second temple throne in :'i17 R.C., as a dowry for marrying
his colleagues compiled the Seder Olam ( 101 2 - 515 B.C.). But the Seder Olam Darius's daughter, but he had been made
Rabbah for one primary purpose - to claims only 480 years, a shonfall of 17 general of the Medo/Persian annies a full
make Daniel 's sevcnty wceks point to Bar years. Dr. Floyd Jones writes: " Differi ng thirty years earlier. In the fi rst year or his
Kokhbah as the Jewish Messiah. decisions in placing the dales of the kings reign, Cyrus sent Zerubbabal to Jerusalem
Some of their calculations were prob- of Israel with respect to the kings of Judah with over 40,000 Jews to rebui ld the king-
ably simple mistakes. They lost 60 years during the period of the divided monarchy dom and the Temple. Cyrus reigned for
in the generation that produced Abraham; account for these 17 years" (Chronology, seven years and died in battle in 529 B.C.
5 years from theA brahamic covenant to the pages 295, 296). 3.Artaxcrxes (Cambyscs), son of Cyrus,
Exodus; and 17 years from the fou ndation So rar, we assume that the dating d if- took the MedolPersian throne in 529 B.C.
of the firs t temple to the consecration of the ferences in the Seder Olom were simple He ruled for seven years, was mentally
second temple - making a loss o r 82 years mistakes. However, from th is poin t, we unstable, married two of his sisters, ki lled
due to poor calculations. must admit Ihat Yose ben Halafta and his his brother, conquered Egypt, and then went
But then, Yose hen Halafta deliberately colleagues deliberately cut 154 years out of stark raving mad. He came back to Persia
cut another 154 years out of the Persian the period or the Persian Empire. and died of an accident with his sword in
Empire. Instead of thincen MedolPersian 522 B.C. That year, Magus and seven Magi
empcrors over a period or 207 years, thc
T he Big Cover-Up tried to take over the kingdom, but were
Seder Olam claims only five Persian emper- According to Dr. Floyd Nolen Jones, the ovenhrown by Darius, son of Cambyses
ors over a period of 53 years. This was their Seder Olam gives the follow ing chronol- in 52 1 RC.
biggest mistake of all . There is plenty of ogy for its 52153-year depiction of Persian 4. Darius (also called Artaxerxcs the
historical proofror the 207 years duration of History: Great and Ah asuerus) began his reign in
the Medo/Persian Empire. Both Greek and 1. Darius the Mede reigned I year - 3389- 521 B.C. That year, he sent spies to map the
Roman sources give extensive details. Thir- 3390A.M. (374-373 B.C.) coast of Greece and planned the first inva-
teen Persian emperors reigned over the course • Babylon was conquered (the Seder Olom sion. In 5 18 B.C., he d ivorced Vashti and
of207 years - from the fall of Belshazzar's dates it ot 374 B.C.. rather than 538 B.C.) married Esther. In 485 B.C., he declared that
kingdom in 538 B.C., to Alexander's over- · Daniel was cast into the lion's den. his son, Xerxes, would be the next king, and
throw of Darius in 33 1 B.C. 2. Cyru, reigned 3 years - 3390-3392 A.M. left to invade Greece. But he died later that
(373-371 B.C.) year, having reigned fo r a full 36 years.
Now for th e Details ... • The lews returned to l erusalem. 5. Xerxes ascended the Persian throne
Beginning with Abraham • The second temple construction began. in 485 B.C. After preparing five years for a
The Seder Olam claims that Terah fa- 3. Artaxcrxes (Cambyses) reigned 1/2 year battle against Greece, he left with 1,700,000
thered Abram at the age or 70. Genesis - 3393 A.M. (370 B.C.) soldiers, 80,000 horses, plus camels, and
II :26 says, "Terah lived seventy years, and • Temple construction was halted. chariots. He had 1,200 war ships, hundreds
begot A.bram, Nahol; and Hara". "What the 4. Ahasuerus reigned 14 years - 3393-3407 of cargo ships (some with thirty oars and
Jewish scholars didn 't take into account is A.M. (370·356 B.C.) other with fifty oars, and other smaller ves-
that three sons arc named. Though Abram • Esther was chosen Queen sels to carry horses, adding up to a total of
was named fir3t, he was not the firstborn. - Esther bore Darius the Persian 3,000 ships. As he marched into Greece,
Not all three children were born the same 5. Darius the Persian reign 35 years - 3407- he conscripted more soldiers, so that he
year. For the binh of Abram, we should 3442 A.M. (356-321 B.C.) invaded Athens in 480 B.c., with more than
consult the following verses: "Andlhedays - Temple conSlructlon resumed - 3408 AM. 5 million men. The Greeks never forgot
ofTerah were two hllndred a"dfive years: (355 B.c.) this Persian intrusion. It took them more
and Terah died in Haran" (Gen. 11:32). • Second temple was dedicated - 34 12 AM. than a century to prepare for vengeance,
AftcrTerah 's death, the following verses (351 B.C.) and Alexander the Great carried it out. In
tell us that Abram left Haran at the age of75: • Ezra came to Jerusalem - 3413 A.M. (350 474 B.C., in the twelfth year of his reign,
"So Abram departed. as rhe LORDhadspo- B.C.) Xerxes made his son, Anaxerxes, viceroy.
ken IInto him; and /..or went with him: and • Nehemiah came 10 lerusalem - 3426 A.M. He lived on after that for another ninc years
Abram was seventy a"dfive years old when (337 B.C.) and d ied in 425 B.C.
he departed 0111 of Haran "(Gen 12:4). • Darius was defeated by Alexander - 3442 6. Artaxcrxes (son or Xerxes) was also
Abram was 75 years old when his fa ther AM. (321 B.C.) called Darius. In 474 s.c., he was made
died at the age of 205 . This makes Terah Instead of thirteen MedolPersian kings over viceroy in the twelft h year of hi s father
130 years old when Abram was born, not a period or 207 years, the Seder Olam lists Xerxes. However, this marked the first year
70. The Seder Olam simp ly overlooked only five kings over a period of 53 years. of the reign o r Anaxerxes. In his 20th year
those extra 60 years. Instead of Abram be- (455 B.C.), he sent Nehemiah to rebuild
ing born 1,948 years after the creation or
T he True Account Jerusalem. Anaxerxes and his wife, Damas-
Adam, he was actually born 2,008 years A true account of thine en MedolPersian pia, both died on the same day in 425 B.C.,
after the creation of Adam. monarchs follows. I shall beas briefas pos- leaving the throne to his son, Xerxes.
Secondly, the Seder Olom dales theAbra- sible, but for a full reading, consult Bishop 7. Xerxes (son of Artaxerxes) reigned
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one year (425 RC.). When he was " roaring the son of Arsames, who was the brother of In the distribution of the days through
drunk" on a festival day, he was killed in Artaxerxes, as the new king. the several months, Julius Caesar adopted
his chamber while sleeping. His brother, 13. Darius claimed the crown as next a simpler arrangement than that which we
Seeundianus, born of Alogtma, a Babylo- of kin in 336 B.C. This was the Persian have now. He had ordered that the first,
nian woman , murdered him with the aid monarch who was defeated by Alexander third, fifih, seventh, ninth, and eleventh
of a eunuch. in 331 B.C. months, that is January, March, May, July,
8. Secund ia nus (scconcl ~on of Artax- [n a ll, thirteen MedofPcrsian monarchs SelJtt:mut:r and November, should each
erxes) having killed his brother, Xerxes, reigned over a period of 207 years. The have thirty-one days, and the other months
took over the throne in 424 B.C. Hi s anny big question is, "Why did Vose ben Halafta thirty, except February, which in common
hated him for killing his own brother. He leave out 154 years of the Persian monaro years should have only twenty-nine days,
also plotted to kill Dchus, his other brother, chy?" Rabbi Simon Schwab adm itted the but every fourth year, thiny days. This order
but was killed instead. problem on page 188 of his book, Compara- was interrupted ill 8 s.c., to gratifY the van-
9. Oehu s (third son of Artaxerxes) lured live Jewish Chronology: ity of Augustus, by giving the month bcar-
Seeundianus to meet him and make a treaty. " It should have been possible that our ing his name as many days as July, wh ich
In 423 B.C. , Oehus captured and executed Sages - for some unknown reason - had had been re-named after Julius Caesar in
him for the murder of Xerxes. Dchus took covered up a certain historic period and 44 B.C. A day was laken from February
the name Darius and reigned for 19 years. purposely eliminated and suppressed all and given to AugusI; and in order that three
He died in 404 s.c. , leaving the throne to records and other materia l pertaining momhs of thirty-one days might not come
his son, Arsieas. He gave his other son, thereto. If so, what might have been their together, September and November were
Cyrus, rulership over the seacoast provinces compelling reason for so unusual a proce- reduced to thirty days, and thiny-one given
of Ionia and Lydia, across the Aegean Sea, dure? Nothing short ofa Divi ne command to October and December.
east of Greece. could have prompted ... those saintly 'men The add itiona l day, which occurred
10. Arsicas (son of Ochus/Darius) as- of truth' to leave out completely from our every fourth year, was given to February,
cended the Persian throne in 404 B.C., and annals a period of ... years and to correct being the shortest month, and was inserted
changed hi s name to A rtaxcrxcs. He cap- all data and historic tables in such a fash- in the calendar between the 24th and 25th
tured and chained his brother, Cyrus, with ion that the subsequent chronological gap day. In the modem calendar the intercalary
a gold chain, out of respect for his royalty, could escape being noticed by countless leap-day is still added to February, not,
and thought about executing him, but let generations, known to a few init iates only however, between the 24th and 25th, but
him return 10 his kingdom. Artaxerxes had who were duty-bound 10 keep the secret to as the 29th day.
a son, Arsames, by a concubine, whom he themselves." The Julian calendar consisted of cycles
dearly loved. In 361 B.C., Ochus had him Schwab and others went on to suggest ofthrce 365-day years followed by a 366-
murdered, and when Artaxerxes healu awul that thcy might have falsified the dates in day leap year. Around 9 B.C., it was found
it, he died of grief. Ochus concealed his order to COnfuse anyone who might try to that the priests in charge of computing the
father's death for ten months, while he sent use the prophecies of Daniel to predict the calendar had been adding leap years every
letters into all the provinces with his father's time of the Messiah's coming. three years instead of the four decreed by
name and seal, telling them to accept Dchus The truth of the matter is ... sometime Caesar (Vardi 1991 , p. 239). As a result of
as their king. After everyone acknowledged between A.D. 135- 160, Yose ben Halafta, this error, no more leap years wcre added
him as their king, he announced his father's sludent of Rabbi Ak iva, and admirer of until A.D. 4. Leap years were, thercfore: 45
death and commanded a public mourning Bar Kokhbah, changed the dating so that B.C, 42 B.C., 39 B.C., 36 B.C, 33 B.C, 30
to be made for him. Daniel's seventy weeks wou ld point to Bar B.C, 27 B.C., 24 B.C, 21 B.C, 18 B.C , 15
11. Ochus assumed the name of his fa- Kokhbah as the predicted Messiah, rather B.C , 12 S.C , 9 B.C,A.D. 4,A.D. 8, A. D.
ther, Artaxe rxcsJOch us in 361 B.C., and than Jesus. He deliberately pointed genera- 12, and every fourth year, thereafter.
immediately had all of his relatives killed tions of Jews away from Jeslls, who was the In A.D. 525, Dionysius Exiguus proposed
to eliminate any competition for his throne. true Messiah! the system of Anno Domini, which (after it
After he reigned 23 years, he was poisoned was adopted by Venerable Bede, the father
by Bagoas, his chief eunuch. Bagoas was
The Julian Calendar of English History - c.672-735) gradually
an Egyptian and killed him fo r revenge for Various historical accounts of changes spread through the western Christian world.
ki11ing Egypt's bull god, Apis. Bagoas cut in the "Roman" calendar also make cal- Years were numbered from the supposed
the kings body into pieces and fed it to cats. culations difficult. In 46 B.C., the Greek date of the incarnation or annunciat ion
As the most powerful man in the kingdom, astronomer, Sosigenes, convinced Julius of Jesus on March 25, although this soon
Bagoas made Arses, the king's youngest Caesar to refonn the Roman calendar into changed to Christmas, then back to Annun-
son, the next king of Persia, then executed a more manageable form. At that time, ciation Day in Britain, and the numbered
all of his brothers. Julius also changed the number of days in year even began on Easter in France. Dio-
12. Arscs was given the throne in 338 the months to achieve a 365-day year. In nysius Exiguus (Delmis the Little, meaning
B.C., but the young king had no one left order to "catch up" with the seasons, Julius humble) (c.470-540) was a 6th-century Da-
to help him and, therefore, had to rely on Caesar added 90 days to the year 46 B.c. , cian monk born in Scythia Minor, in what
8 agoas to rule the kingdom. He called between November and February (Vardi is now Dobruja, Romania.
himself, Da rius, and secretly planned to 1991 , p. 238). This gave the year a total
have his revenge against Bagoas. In 336 of 445 days, and was called "the lasl year
T he Grego ri an Calendar
B.C., in the third year of his reign, Bagoas of confusion." The first Julian year com- The Gregorian calendar (adopted on Oc-
found out that Arses was plotting revenge menced with the I st of January in the 46th tober 4, 1582) is now used universally for
against him. He had the ki ng and all his year before the birth of Christ. InA.D. 525, civil purposes, and the Jul ian calendar was
chil dren killed. Then Bagoas set up Darius, this year became known as 46 B.C. its predecessor in the Western world.
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The two calendars have identical month created the problem of which one to usc. To a dishonest cover-up of Daniel's seventy
names and number of days in each month, solve this, Scaliger invented his own era and weeks, sixty-nine of which would lead up to
and differ only in the rule for leap years. The reckoned dates by counting days. He started Jcsus as the Messiah. To shorten the period
Julian calendar has a leap year every fou rth with January 1, 4713 B.C., because that was of the Persian monarchy from 207 years to
year, while the Gregorian calendar has a when the solar cycle of 28 years (when the only 53 years goes beyond simple igno-
leap year every fourt h year except century- days of the week and the days of the month rance. Those learned men were determined
years not exactly divisible by 400. in the Julian calendar coincide again), the that Jesus Christ would not be seriously
The changeover from the Julian calen- Metonic cycle of 19 years (because 19 considered as their Messiah.
dar to the Gregorian calendar occurred in solar years are roughly equal to 235 lunar Bar Kokhbah certainly made a poor
October of 1582, according to the scheme months) and the Roman indiction of 15 messiah. What Messiah, acknowledged
inst ituted by Pope G rego ry XIIi. Spe- years (decreed by the Emperor Constantine) by Israel's leadi ng rabbis, would allow
cifically, for dates on or before OClOber 4, all coincide. There was no recorded history the dispersion of the entire populace to the
1582, the Julian calendar is used; for dates as old as 4713 B.C., known in Seal iger's slave markets of the world? Bar Kokhbah's
on or after October 15, 1582, the Gregorian day, so it had the advantage of avoiding messiahship should be seriously questioned
calendar is used. negative dates. Joseph Justus's father was if, after he was accepted, he was powerless
Thus, there is a ten-day gap in calendar Julius Caesar Scaliger, which might be why to prevent the Diaspora.
dates, but no discontinuity in Julian dates he called it the "Julian Cycle." Astronomers On the other hand, we must remember
or days of the week: October 4, 1582 (Ju- adopted the Julian cycle to avoid havi ng to that Jesus was rejected. Israel's leadership
lian) was a Thursday, and October 15, 1582 remember: "30 days hath September ... " called for His crucifixion. If Israel's San-
(Gregorian) was a Friday. and 10 avoid the 10/ 11 day hiatus in the hedrin court had accepted Jesus as their
The omission of ten days of calendar Gregorian calendar. Messiah, He would, no doubt, have been
dates was necessi tated by the astronomical obligated to fulfi ll God's promise of the
error built up by the Julian calendar over
Co nclusi on Kingdom.
its many centuries of usc, due to its too- The authors of the second-century Seder I think that someday soon, the Jews will
frequent leap years. Olam may have begun the ir chronology be begging Jesus to come back. And when
The Julian calendar introduced an error with good intentions, but their work became they do, He will! •
of one day every 128 years. So every 128
years the tropical year shifted one day
backwards with respect to Ihe calendar.
Furthermore, the method for calculating the
dates fo r Easter was inaccurate and needed
to be refined.
In order to remedy this, two steps were
necessary: First, the Julian calendar had to
be replaced by something more adequate;
and secondly, the extra days that the Julian
calendar had inserted hlld 10 be dropped.
The solution to the first problem was the
Gregorian calendar. The solution to the
second problem depended on the fac t that
it was felt thllt Mareh 21 was the proper
day for vcmal equinox (because March 21
was the date for vernal equinox during the
Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325).
Therefore, the Gregorian ca lendar was
ca librated to make March 21 the vemal
equinox. By 1582, the vernal equinox had
moved approximately ten days backwards.
So, ten days were dropped.
The changeover to the Gregorian cal-
endar system occurred on ly in Rom an
Catholic countries. However, adoption of
the Gregorian calendar in the rest of the
world progressed slowly. For example, for
England and its colonies, the change did not
occur unti l September 1752.
T he "Juli an Cycle"
Joseph Justus Scaliger ( 1540-1609) was
a noted Italian-French historian who was
interested in chronology and reconciling the
datcs in historica l documents. Since many
calendars were in use around the world, this
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New Invention: Diving Without an Ol)'gen Tank!
By J . R. Church c urrently looking for private investors to
help complete his project.
Israeli inventor Alon Bodner has discov- The idea of breathing underwater without
ered a way to relrieve volumes of oxygen air tanks has been the dream of science fic-
from water, making it possible for humans [ion writers for many years. In the George
to breath under water without the need for Lucas "Star Wars" movie, "The Phanlom
cumbersome oxygen tanks. In fact, divers Menace," Obi-Wan whips out a liltle Jedi
can now stay underwater as long as they underwater breathing apparatus and dives
like. There arc no heavy tanks with limited in. Now, it looks like science fiction has
supplies of oxygen, and no weights needed turned into scientific fact.
to counter-balance the buoyancy of the air In Deuteronomy 29:29, Moses wrote:
tanks. "The secrel things belong unlO the WRD
Bodner 's invention will also be able to our God: but those things which are re-
supply oxygen for submarines which, until vealed belong unto us and 10 our children
now, have had to surface from time to time for ever, lilal we may do all the words of
to re-supply their oxygen tanks. Nuclear this faw."
submarines currently use electrolysis to Therefore, it is qu ite fitting that this sci-
separate oxygen and hydrogen from wa- entifie discovery should be made by a Jew.
ter, but standard submarines do not have Alan Bodner, Israeli inventor of Not only do they have a mental capacity
enough energy on board for electrolysis. an underwater device that extracts for such discoveries, they have a divine
Such equipment requires too much energy oxygen from water, allowing divers promise for it as welL
to be practical. However, this new method, to breathe underwater without the In Daniel 12:4, the prophet is told that
developed in Israel, provides plenty ofoxy- need for o xygen tanks and weights. in the last days, "know/edge shall be in-
gen without heavy equipment or energy. His invention uses rechargeable bat- creased. " Here is another sign that we live
Bodner said that he got the idea from fish, teries and fits into a vest - as seen in those days. A hundred years ago, there
who do not perform chemical separation of in this photo. were no fancy automobiles, no jet airplanes,
oxygen from water. Instead, they use the Bodner used a rotating cenlrifuge to cre- no radios, no televisions, and certainly no
dissolved air in water to breathe. ate increased pressure inside a small sealed computers. There have been more inven-
/ sraCasl, a news media in Israel, re- chamber contai ning sea water. His cenlri- tions in the past century than in all the other
ported: "In the ocean the wind, waves and fuge was able to extract enough oxygen centuries combined.
underwater currents help spread small from the water for a person 10 breathe. Today, transportation has advanced be-
amounts of air inside the water. Studies His discovery will absolutely revolution- yond the wildest dreams of mankind. We
have shown that in a depth of 200 meters ize the way divers maneuver and work un- can drive an automobile from the frozen
(yards) below the sea there is still about der waler. A laboratory model of the system tundra in Alaska to the southern tip of South
1.5% of dissolved air. This might not sound has already been built and tested. It runs on America. We can board an airplane and be
like mueh but it is enough to allow both rechargeable batteries, and can be worn in anywhere we want to go in the world in a
small and large fish to breathe comfortably the fonn of a vest (see above). matter of hours. Rockets propel men around
underwater. Bodner's idea was to creale an Alon Bod ner is now building a full- the world in less than 90 minutes.
artificial system that would mimic the way sized prototype, and has already received Over the past century, many of our mod-
fish use the air in the water, thus allowing a patent for the invelllion in Europe. He em conveniences were invented by Jews.
both smaller submarines and divers to get is expecting to receive one in the United For example, the telephone was invented
rid of the large. cumbersome compressed States as well. by a Jew in Europe, but Alexander Bell
air tanks." According to the news report, "Meetings stole his invention, and is credited with its
His system uses a physics principle have already been held with moSI major discovery. Alben Einstein not only discov-
known as " Henry's Law," which stales that di ving manufacturers as well as with the ered the formula for the atomic bomb, he
the "amou nt of gas that can be dissolved in Israeli Navy. Initial financial support for the invented television. Today 's new invention
a liquid body is proportional to the pressure project has been given by Israel Ministry by Alon Bodner is God's way of blessing
on the liquid body." of Industry and Commerce and Bodner is the world through the Jews . •
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