Introduction to Biblical Prophecies
Biblical prophecies are the passages in the Holy Bible that reflect the communication between God and His prophets. Prophetic messages widely appear throughout the different books of the Bible. Some of the prophecies are explicitly stated with the definitive numbers of years for their fulfillment. Other prophetic passages are implicitly stated and the interpretations to these prophecies are quite subjective and could vary with the individuals. The prophecies mainly reveal the destinies of various nations surrounding Israel, the nation of Israel itself, the coming of the Messiah and a Messianic Kingdom, and the ultimate destiny of the entirety of mankind.
If Biblical prophecies were all perfectly fulfilled within the time frames specified by God, there is no doubt that the God of the Bible is the only true God who governs every aspect of the universe. Everything must be under His control so that all the prophecies going forth from His mouth must be 100% fulfilled. A proximate or possible fulfillment, or unfulfillment of any prophecy would violate the unique requirement for the prophecy originating from the true God.
According to some Biblical scholars, over 96% of Biblical prophecies have already been fulfilled while the remaining prophecies about the end-times are being or yet to be fulfilled. However, this claim does not appear to be supported by their current interpretations of the prophecies. Here are some examples that clearly discount their claims. The first example is that the Babylonian captivity would have ended when the "70 years" had ended (Jeremiah 29:10). According to the current interpretation, there were only 68 years from the first exile of a small number of hostages including Daniel (Daniel 1:1-4) to the first return of the Israelites (from 605 to 537 BC); only 60 years (from 597 to 537 BC) from the deportation of the 10,000 elites (2 Kings 24:14) including Jehoiachin to the first return; and only 50 years (from 587 to 537 BC) from the destruction of the first temple (2 Kings 25:11) to the first return. This interpretation cannot convince any reasonable person that the numerical prophecy of Jeremiah was perfectly fulfilled.
The second example is Yeshua's prophecy on his resurrection. In Matthew 12:40 Yeshua says: "as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." According to the current interpretation, Yeshua was buried in the evening of a Friday and resurrected before Sunday dawn. How could this interpretation be consistent with the most important Yeshua's prophecy of three days and three nights? From Friday night to Sunday morning, there are less than 36 hours, which are only half of the 72 hours (three days and three nights). If this prophecy were not fulfilled, how could Yeshua be the Messiah and the Son of God? Christianity would lose its foundation. How then could someone claim that all the past prophecies in the Bible were perfectly fulfilled?
The current misinterpretations of many Biblical prophecies make us doubt that the God of the Bible is the true God. Furthermore, the currently accepted dates for the Messiah's nativity and crucifixion have pointed in the direction that Yeshua would not be the true Messiah. All the mistakes made by these Biblical scholars and theologians distort the true nature of Christianity so that fewer and fewer intellectuals could become believers.
Here, we will present our correct interpretations of Biblical prophecies based on reliable historical records, astronomical data, and the correct understanding of the Scriptures. Within our interpretations, all the past numerical prophecies in the Bible were perfectly fulfilled in the time frames specified in the prophecies.
There is a basic principle to the interpretations of Biblical prophecies, that is, the day-year principle. A day in prophecy is symbolic of a year of actual time. This principle is based on the following Scriptures: "For forty years—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you." (Numbers 14:34). "Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side. I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel." (Ezekiel 4:5-6).
Here, a year should be a solar year because only the solar year truly represents a year that always has two seasons: summer and winter (Genesis 8:22 and Psalm 74:17). A pure lunar year of 12 months is only 354 or 355 days, which will be off from the seasons if a 13th month is not intercalated every 2 or 3 years. God must know the true length of a year independent of which calendar we use. In both Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:5-6, what Yehowah really meant for a prophetic day was a solar year with the equal length of summer and winter.
God sees one year as one day, which is also implied in the analogy between the seventh day and the seventh year. The seventh day is the day of God's Sabbath and the seventh year is the year of God's Sabbath. Both the seventh day and the seventh year are sanctified by God and set apart to become the holiest day in a week and the holiest year in a seven-year period respectively.
In God's prophetic language, the phrase "a time" is equal to 360 prophetic days, as inferred from the comparison between Daniel 12:7 and Revelation 12:6. Both verses talk about the same event, which will be discussed in detail below. God never said in the Bible that "a time" is the same as "a year." There are 360 days for "a time," but 365.24 days for "a solar year." Yehowah never confuses His people. He would simply say "a year" if "a time" would be identical to "a year." Daniel did not tell us the exact number of days for "a time" when he wrote the prophecies because God wanted to seal the prophecies until the last days. John the Apostle gave the interpretation for "a time" in Revelation 12, so that Daniel's prophecies could be unlocked after John wrote the book of Revelation. It is interesting that 360 days happen to be very close to a simple average (359.80) of the number of days (365.24) per solar year and that (354.36) per pure lunar year.
In the book of Revelation, John also mentioned a time span of 42 months. Most Biblical scholars believe that 42 months are identical to 1,260 days. John never said that 42 months contain 1,260 days. He was talking about two different events in Revelation 11:2-3. The first event was the trampling of Jerusalem by the Gentiles (in) 42 months while the second event is the prophesying of the two witnesses for 1,260 days. John did not say that the two events would happen simultaneously. John also talked about two events in Revelation 12:14 and Revelation 13:5. He talked about the woman in Revelation 12:14 and about the beast in Revelation 13:5. These are two separate events and John never implied that these two events would take place at the same time.
If a month in the book of Revelation would be a prophetic month, he would have explained it clearly. The book of Revelation is the last book God gave to us. If no other book had specified the meaning of a prophetic month, God would have had John do so in this last book. Such a thing must be very clear to ensure that only one interpretation to His prophecy is correct. If a prophecy has multiple interpretations, it is a vague prophecy and cannot originate from God. Since some of Daniel's prophecies had to be sealed until the last days, God did not allow Daniel to clearly explain the meaning of "a time," so that no one could have understood them in Daniel's time. Even in the first century AD, when John (actually Yeshua) provided the interpretation for "a time" in the book of Revelation, no one could have unlocked Daniel's prophecies in Daniel 12. Only until the rebirth of Israel in 1948 could the true end times be revealed to the wise who might be able to unlock the mysteries according to Daniel 12.
Nowhere does the Bible state that the number of days per a month must be 30. There are 29 or 30 days per month according to the lunar calendar. There are 30 or 31 days per month in Enoch's solar calendar. Why would Yehowah only choose 30 days per month? God never confuses His people. God must follow His own laws prescribed to the world in addition to performing miracles that only He can do. The number of days for 42 months is 1,240.28 according to the lunar calendar and 1,278.37 according to the solar calendar. God only gives us these two calendars and must let us know which calendar He uses to count the month if He has not specified it in His other books.
The idea of a 30-day month is based on the misunderstanding of Genesis 7:11; 8:3-4. Which calendar did Moses use to record the flood event? We have clearly shown that Moses or Noah used Enoch's solar calendar to record the flood (see Chapter 10). We have also shown that Noah's family entered the ark on 25 May 2315 BC (the 17th day of the second Enoch's solar month) and left the ark on 3 June 2314 BC (the 27th day of the second Enoch's solar month). After Noah's family left the ark, God established his covenant with Noah and his descendants and every living creature by setting a rainbow in the clouds. According to His covenant, He will never again destroy humanity and creatures by such a massive flood. This covenant is very likely to have been established on 6 Sivan 2314 BC (10 June 2314 BC), on the feast day of Pentecost, which was one week after they left the ark. This is because on this very day on the Feast of Pentecost, four other important events took place in different years:
1) the old covenant with the Israelites was established on June 14 of 1457 BC
2) Yeshua was conceived by the Holy Spirit on May 23 of 6 BC
3) the Church was born on May 26 of 30 AD
4) Israel was re-born on May 14 of 1948
How amazing and wonderful and precise are God's plans for us? Only the true God can do such wonderful works for us! Hallelujah!