THE 7th DAY
(JEWISH YEAR 6000 PROPHECY):
The Coming Apocalypse
“Jewish historian, Josephus, stated that Elijah ran the school of the prophets and that Elijah’s outline of prophecy was written in what was called the Epistle of Elijah which still existed in his day (70 AD) … The Talmud and the commentary, Tanna Debe Eliyyahu, says that Elijah taught that there would be six thousand years of human history and then the establishment of a one-thousand-year Messianic Kingdom. The six-thousand years would be divided into three ages of two thousand years each.
The first age is the “Age of Chaos,” the second is the “Age of Torah,” and the third is the “Messianic Age.” This temporary Messianic age must be the Church Age because what follows is a one-thousand-year Messianic Kingdom.”
(Ancient Apocalypse of Ezra: Called 2 Esdras in the KJV 1611 Ken Johnson, Th.D.)
JEWISH WRITINGS
Ask A Rabbi …
Rabbi Baruch S. Davidson
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/607585/jewish/Significance-of-the-year-6000.htm
Question:
“I heard from a rabbi that the year 6000 will be the last year”
Rabbi’s Answer:
“The Talmud tells us that this world, as we know it, will last for six thousand years, with the seventh millennium ushering in the cosmic Shabbat, the Messianic Era. Six days a week we work, and on the Shabbat we rest and enjoy the fruits of our labor; the same is true with millenniums. The source of the Talmudic statement quoted is Rosh Hashana 31a and Sanhedrin 97a.”
School of Elijah – Talmud
Sanhedrin 97a
The William Davidson Talmud
https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.97a.14?lang=bi
“The school of Eliyahu (Elijah) taught: Six thousand years is the duration of the world. Two thousand of the six thousand years are characterized by chaos; two thousand years are characterized by Torah, from the era of the Patriarchs until the end of the mishnaic period; and two thousand years are the period of the coming of the Messiah.”
When Messiah Will Come – Talmud
Sanhedrin 97
Kollel Iyun Hadaf
prepared by Rabbi Pesach Feldman of Kollel Iyun Hadaf, Yerushalayim
daf@dafyomi.co.il, www.dafyomi.co.il
Rosh Kollel: Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld
http://www.dafyomi.co.il/sanhedrin/points/sn-ps-097.htm
“Tana d’Vei Eliyahu (Elijah): Six thousand years were decreed upon the world: 2000 years of emptiness (without Torah), 2000 years of Torah, and 2000 years for Mashi’ach (Messiah);”
CHRISTIAN WRITINGS
Epistle of Barnabas 17:7-9 (First Century AD)
“Therefore, children, in six days, or in six thousand years, all the prophecies will be fulfilled. Then it says, ‘He rested on the seventh day.’ This signifies at the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus, He will destroy the Antichrist, judge the ungodly, and change the sun, moon, and stars. Then He will truly rest during the Millennial reign, which is the seventh day.”
Iranaeus Against Heresies 5:28 (180 AD)
“The day of the Lord is as a thousand years; and in six days created things were completed. It is evident, therefore, they will come to an end in the six thousandth year.”
Hippolytus, Fragment 2′ Commentary on Daniel 2:4 (205 A.D.)
“The Sabbath is a type of the future kingdom… For “a day with the Lord is as a thousand years.” Since, then, in six days the Lord created all things, it follows that in six thousand years all will be fulfilled.”
Commodianus; Against the Gods of the Heathens 80 (240 A.D.)
“Resurrection of the body will be when six thousand years are completed, and after the one thousand years (millennial reign), the world will come to an end.”
Lactantius; Divine Institutes 7:14 (304 A.D.)
“The sixth thousandth year is not yet complete. When this number is complete, the consummation must take place.”
YEAR 2021 (and Beyond):
It May Be Closer Than We Think …
Unless you are Jewish or a serious Bible student you probably didn’t realize the year 2000 A.D. marked a significant milestone toward the year 6000 AM, which marks the end of the 6th Millennium (6000 Years) and the beginning of the 7th Millennium (7000 Years) from the Biblical Date of Creation. According to the ancient writers we are now getting close, but we aren’t exactly sure how close.
When looking at the estimates below, and taking into account a documented 165+ year error in the current Jewish calendar, we find we may now be somewhere within 1 to 75 years till the end of the Biblical “6th Day” and the beginning of the prophetic “7th Day.”
Date Estimates Using MODERN (365.25 Day) Calendar Years:
Biblical Approx. ….. 2000 AD ≈ 6000 AM
Bishop Usher …….. 1996 AD = 6000 AM
Bible Knowledge … 2028 AD = 6000 AM
Isaac Newton …….. 2060 AD = 6000 AM
Johnson Index ……. 2075 AD = 6000 AM
Official Jewish …….. 2239 AD = 6000 AM
Revised Jewish …… 2074 AD = 6000 AM (2239 -165 Persian “missing years”)*
Note: Johnson Index (Biblefacts.org) – Bible Knowledge Index (BKI.net)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_years_(Jewish_calendar)
Estimate Using The Biblical 360 -Day Prophetic Years:
From: September 29, 3925 BC (Estimated date of Creation)
To: March 14, 2021 (Nisan 1 – Biblical New Year)
Days = 2,170,846
Years (Prophetic 360-Day) = 6,030.13
Jubilees = 120.60
2021 AD = 6030 AM!!!
Note: Both the prophet Daniel in his prophecies and the Apostle John in the book of Revelation used “360-Day Years” to calculate their prophecies. God used the Biblical 360-Day Prophetic years in accurately fulfilling the remarkable mathematical prophecies concerning the revealing of Messiah (Jesus Christ) and the Return of Israel as a Nation and Jerusalem once again becoming Israel’s Capital.
As noted above, we may be closer than we think … (Jesus warns the World will be taken by surprise).
Here are links to two fairly recent articles written by a Jewish scholar on a Jewish News-site in Israel whose editor is a Jewish rabbi which help to confirm (from a Jewish perspective) that we may be much closer to the Year 6000 (Apocalypse) than we think …
FROM ISRAEL: SCIENTIST CALCULATES: WE ARE CURRENTLY IN FINAL TWILIGHT BEFORE MESSIAH
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | JAN 27, 2020 | ISRAEL365NEWS
THE ROLE OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE 6,000 YEAR HEBREW CALENDAR OF REDEMPTION
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | APR 23, 2020 | ISRAEL365NEWS
ARE WE NOW WAITING FOR A DATE, NUMBER (of Gentiles) SAVED, OR BOTH?
From the Bible …
“For I do not desire, brethren,
that you should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest you should be wise in your own opinion,
that blindness in part has happened to Israel
UNTIL the fullness (NUMBER) of the Gentiles has come in.”
(Romans 11:25)
A Second Witness from the ancient book of Enoch 1?
“And the hearts of the Holy Ones were full of joy
that the NUMBER of Righteousness had been reached,
and the prayer of the Righteous had been heard,
and the blood of the Righteous had not been required in front of the Lord of Spirits.”
(Enoch 1 47.4)
“HASTENING” THE COMING DAY
“Looking for and hastening the coming of the Day of God (the “Apocalypse”),
because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire,
and the elements will melt with fervent heat?”
(2 Peter 3:12)
How can we “hasten” a fixed date?
From Peter, it appears we can “hasten” the date by sharing with others the “Very Good News” (Gospel) that the assurance of life in Heaven can be received freely by placing our sincere love, faith, trust, and obedience in the One who suffered and died for our sins on the Cross and who then rose (was Resurrected) the third day in order to prepare an eternal place in His Kingdom of Heaven for all who will believe and will receive God’s Gift (just like a little child receiving a most wonderful Christmas Gift) …
“For God so loved the World
that He gave His only begotten Son, (as a gift)
that whoever BELIEVES in Him
should NOT perish (in Hell)
but have everlasting life (in Heaven).
For God did not send His Son
into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through Him
might be saved (into Heaven).
He (or she) who believes in Him
is not condemned (to Hell);
but he (or she) who does not believe
is condemned already.“
(John 3:16-18)
A little child doesn’t have to work (or pay for) a precious gift that is given through love.
Life in Heaven is given as a “gift” and we simply have to lovingly receive God’s gift of eternal life in Heaven through faith in His Son.
We can never “earn” our way into Heaven by performing any kind of “works,” or by following any man-made sets of “rules,” or trying to “buy” our way into Heaven through paying a person or church money (sometimes called special “indulgences”) …
What Does THE BIBLE Say?
“For by God’s GRACE
you have been saved (into Heaven)
through FAITH (in Jesus Christ).
And this is not your own doing;
it is the Gift of God, (You can’t earn or buy this ‘gift’)
NOT of works,
lest anyone should boast.”
(Ephesians 2:8-9) (Faith saves us … works add rewards in Heaven)
You can receive this precious gift right now through faith and love just by sincerely admitting to God you have sinned against Him and would like to receive the gift of Jesus Christ into your heart as Lord and Savior … and then tell God and Jesus “Thank You!!!” for freely offering such a loving gift of life in Heaven (which we could never earn ourselves or through anyone else).
Then, by turning back to God and His ways (which are good) you can start resting in complete assurance that when your earthly body dies Jesus (God) will be there with open arms and with tears of joy to welcome you into His awesome Kingdom of Heaven … forever and ever!!!
Grace and Shalom