UNTIL THE LAND HAD ENJOYED HER SABBATHS! by Prof. F J de Waal
GOD WILL NOT EXCUSE THE BREAKING OF HIS SABBATH! 2Ch 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah (SEE BELOW), until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
THE LAND WAS TO BE DESOLATE, IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR ITS 70 SABBATH YEARS! Jer 25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation,[and] an astonishment;and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. Jer 25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, [that] I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
SABBATICAL YEARS (7) AND JUBILEE YEAR (1 IN 50) WERE COMMANDED BY GOD! Le 25:3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; Le 25:4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. Le 25:5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: [for] it is a year of rest unto the land. Le 25:6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy
hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, Le 25:7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that [are] in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. Le 25:8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Le 25:9 Then shalt thou
cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth [day] of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. Le 25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and
ye shall return every man unto his family. le 25:11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather [the grapes] in it of thy vine undressed. Le 25:12 For it [is] the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
ISRAEL'S SIN FOR 390 YEARS AND JUDAH'S FOR 40 YEARS, TOTALLING 430 YEARS! Eze 4:4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. Eze 4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
Eze 4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
NOTE THAT ISRAEL WERE IN EGYPT ALSO FOR 430 YEARS! Ex 12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, [was] four hundred and thirty years.
70 SABBATICAL/JUBILE YEARS! Note that God's people were to have a sabbatical year every seven years as well as a jubile every fifty (49 + 1) years. Here is the calculation!
430 YEARS HAVE 8 FULL CYCLES OF 49 YEARS - THUS 8 X 7 = 56 SABBATICAL YEARS
- THUS 8 X 1 = 8 JUBILE YEARS
430 LESS 392 (49 X 8) LEAVES 38 YEARS/7 - THUS 6 X 1 = 6 SABBATICAL YEARS
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THIS ALL TOTAL TO 70 SABBATH YEARS!
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THE LAND WAS TO BE DESOLATE, IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR ITS 70 SABBATH YEARS!
WHAT ABOUT THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH AND WEEKLY CYCLE? LET US APPLY THE SAME PRINCIPLE!
2Pe 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
THOUSAND YEARS WEEK DAYS
NOTE THE NUMBER OF YEARS FROM CREATION TO CHRIST 4 000 YEARS 4 DAYS
THE YEAR 2 000 A.D. (OR 1996) PROVIDES ANOTHER 2 000 YEARS 2 DAYS
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THE EARTH WOULD HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR WEEKLY SABBATHS OF 6 000 YEARS 6 DAYS
AFTER THE SECOND COMING THE EARTH MUST BE DESOLATE FOR 1 000 YEARS 1 DAY
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THE TOTAL CYCLE WILL BE 7 000 YEARS 7 DAYS
WILL THE EARTH BE DESOLATE(FOR SABBATHS) FOR 1000 YEARS AFTER CHRIST'S RETURN?
Jer 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light. Jer 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. Jer 4:25 I beheld, and, lo, [there was] no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. Jer 4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place [was] a wilderness, and all the cities
thereof were broken down AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, [and] by his fierce anger. Jer 4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. Jer 4:28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken [it], I have purposed [it], and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
NOTE THAT SATAN HAS NO ONE TO DECEIVE AND THE WICKED REMAIN DEAD 1000 YEARS!
Re 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, Re 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. Re 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Re 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection (THE SAINTS FIRST THE WICKED AFTER THE 1000 YEARS). Re 20:6 Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be
priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
CHRIST WAS 30 YEARS OLD IN 27 A.D.(NOTES ON DAN 9:24-27): YEAR ZERO WAS ACTUALLY 3 A.D.!
Lu 3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. Lu 3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was [the son] of Heli,
WILL CHRIST COME IN THE YEAR 1996/7 ( 2000 A.D.)? SEE THE SIGNS OF HIS COMING!
NOTE THAT THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES ARE ALREADY IN POSITION!
APPENDIX
DESCENDANTS YEARS
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ADAM TO SETH 130 GEN 5:3
SETH TO ENOS(H) 105 5:5
ENOS(H) TO KENAN 90 5:9 Cainan
KENAN TO MAHALALEEL 70 5:12
MAHALALEEL TO JARED 65 5:15
JARED TO ENOCH 162 5:18
ENOCH TO METHUSELAH 65 5:21
METHUSELAH TO LAMECH 187 5:25
LAMECH TO NOAH 182 5:28
NOAH TO FLOOD 600 5:32, 7:11 APPROX. 2370 B.C.
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CREATION TO FLOOD 1656 (APPROX. 4003-1656+23(EDEN TO SIN)= 2370 B.C.)
FLOOD TO ARPHAXAD 2 GEN 11:10 ARPHAXAD,SON OF SHEM, 2 YEARS AFTER FLOOD
ARPHAXAD TO SALAH 35 11:12
SALAH TO EBER 30 11:14
EBER TO PELEG 34 11:16
PELEG TO REU 30 11:18
REU TO SERUG 32 11:20
SERUG TO NAHOR 30 11:22
NAHOR TO TERAH 29 11:24 -23 CREATION TO SIN } 1st COVENANT
TERAH TO ABRAM 70 11:26 1948 FROM CREATION TO ABRAM} 2000 YEARS
ABRAM TO ISAAC 100 21:5 +75 GEN 12:4 ABRAM CALLED } 2nd COVENANT
ISAAC TO JACOB 60 25:26
JACOB TO EGYPT 107 GEN 37:2 JOSEPH SOLD AT 17, GEN 41:46 PRIME MINISTER AT 30
GEN 47:9 JACOB TO EGYPT AT 130+30-17-7(FAT)-3(DRY YEARS)
EGYPT TO EXODUS 430 EXO 12:40,41 APPROX. 1381 B.C.
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CREATION TO EXODUS 2645 (APPROX. 4003-(2645-23[EDEN TO SIN])= 1381 B.C.)
THUS FROM ADAM'S SIN TO CHRIST IS A PERIOD OF 4000 (1381 + 2645 - 23 - 3) YEARS!
NOTE THAT THREE GENERATIONS CARRIED GOD'S TRUTH FROM ADAM TO ABRAHAM (1948 YEARS AFTER CREATION) - ADAM WAS 687 YEARS OLD WHEN METHUSELAH WAS BORN, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD WHEN NOAH WAS 600 YEARS OLD. NOAH WAS 892 YEARS WHEN ABRAHAM WAS BORN!
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE GENERATION WERE NOT ALL BORN AT THE END OF EACH PERSON'S AGE. THE CALCULATIONS ARE NOT PRESENTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXACTLY PREDICT THE SECOND COMING! IT DOES CONFIRM THAT WE ARE IN THE LATTER DAYS!