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Your chronology begins in 4000 BC while mine begins in 3960 BC with the creation account. It appears we start differing in our chronologies after the children of Israel entered the Promised land until the next event you mentioned, Saul’s coronation as king of Israel. We are only 4 years off at the entrance to the Promised land. I have 2554 AM (anno mundi – after creation) or 1406 BC and you have 2558 AM or 1442 BC. But by the time we get to Saul’s kingship, I have it at 2910 AM (1050 BC) and you have it at 3007 AM (993 BC), a difference of 97 years. One of us has to be wrong at this point. Here is a brief history of my chronology at this point in time with biblical scriptures supplied in my article/s:

Exodus – 2514 AM (1446 BC).

Israelites enter Canaan – 2554 AM (1406 BC).

Dividing of the land of Canaan after entering the land – 2559 AM (1401 BC).

Joshua dies and judges begin ruling – 2584 AM (1376 BC).

Judges rule for 326 years until Saul begins to reign in 2910 AM (1050 BC). Here is an added website that correlates with my reckoning of the rule of the judges with the scripture provided: How many judges in Israel, and how long did each rule? - JesusAlive.cc

According to scripture, Saul ruled for 40 years until 2950 AM (1010 BC).

David began his 40-year rule after Saul’s death and ruled until 2990 AM (970 BC).

Solomon’s rule then began and his fourth year (when the foundation of the temple was laid) was in 2994 AM (966 BC).

This is laid out just like 1 Kings 6:1 says. “And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.” From 2514 AM (1446 BC) to 2994 AM (966 BC) is exactly 480 years.

In your post you said “Concerning 1 Kings 6:1, from the Exodus (2518 AM or 1482 BC) to when Solomon laid the foundation for the temple in the 4th year of his reign (3090 AM or 910 BC) was 572 years, remove the 93 years underoppression during the time of the Judges and you get the 480 years (inclusive).” This is a flawed reckoning as I have shown above how it is exactly 480 years from the Exodus to the 4th year of Solomon’s reign. You do not have to remove 93 years to get 480 years as I have demonstrated above. Why would you remove any years in a historical chronology?

Solomon ruled for 40 years from 2990 AM (970 BC) until 3030 AM (930 BC). Regarding the years after Solomon’s death, Rehoboam (Solomon’s son) started his reign (as king of the northern kingdom of Judah) after Solomon’s death in 3030 AM (930 BC). The total rule of the kings of Judah lasted from 3030 AM (930 BC to the last year of Zedekiah’s eleven-year rule which ended with the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 3374 AM (586 BC). This date of 586 BC is a historical fact. Your date is 3478 AM or 522 BC according to your post. That’s a difference (between your chronology and mine) of 104 AM years and 64 BC years. Once again, one of us must be wrong.

Regarding Daniel’s 70th week prophecy, you said “Concerning Daniel 9:24-26, from the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem (3548 AM or 452 BC) unto the Messiah the prince (being cut off – 4031 AM or AD 31) is 483 years. This puts the birth of Christ (3997 AM) at 3 ~ 4 BC, and His resurrection at 31 AD.” In your reckoning of creation starting in 4000 BC (Newton’s theory), the year 3548 AM is 452 BC. There was no decree given in 452 BC. There was one given by Artaxerxes in 458 when Ezra returned to Jerusalem and one in 445/444 BC given by the same king when Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the walls. Most scholars believe Jesus’ death occurred between 30-33 AD.

With all due respect, I think you need to reevaluate your biblical (and secular/historical) chronology. My chronology in my articles is detailed with scripture while yours is sporadic with very little scripture given. The differences in our chronologies amount to yours having approximately 41 years more than mine, which puts yours past 6000 years and mine is still under 6000 years. I’m not saying I’m right and you’re wrong, but I would like to see your complete chronology (with scripture) so the readers can determine how you come up with the numbers you did. However, I do like your number 7049 with its factors regarding astronomy. Thanks for sharing.

Randy Nettles

Thank you for the detail that you put into your replies, I do appreciate it.

I plan to post the 53x133 map and the scripture references once I have them in a presentable format.

As you said, it appears that our timelines diverge in the time of the Judges.

Since we're both quoting scripture, and we're both satisfied with our own calculations,

there's nothing more to gain from that part of the discussion.

So let me jump to the last paragraph of your recent post. The only source that I have

used in developing the timeline, based on 7049 factors, is scripture (KJV).

I apologize if I haven't included enough of the scripture references along with the events and years. Once I get it all prepared for presentation, I'll post it.

Concerning the 41-year difference that you mentioned, there are no 'additional' years. The factors of 7049 are prominent throughout the scripture timeline.

I'm interested in hearing how your timeline would lay out on the 53x133 map.

That's the easiest one for viewing purposes.

By the way, what scale do you use to lay out your timeline?

In the meantime, here is something interesting that I found earlier today.

Jacob and his family moved out of Canaan and into Egypt in the year 2240 (Jacob is 130 years old).

The children of Israel crossed over Jordan, and back into Canaan, in 2558.

On the 53x133 map, both of these events fall into the 14th year of the 7th 371-year cycle. In fact, they appear to bracket the 7th 371-year cycle by being the first and last years of the cycle. (Refer to the image below)

There's more to this one, but I'll save it for another time.

Also interested in hearing your thoughts on the monthly version of the 19-year Metonic (Lunar) cycle that I added to this post.

Yes, the tetrads show amazing precision. Tetrads are not particularly rare, although they come in interesting cycles of around 600 years. For about 300 years, there are no tetrads at all. This is followed by a period of roughly 300 years where a tetrad occurs every 15 years or so. Super tetrads are extremely rare. That is four consecutive eclipse seasons that each contain a total lunar eclipse plus a total or annular solar eclipse. Timeanddate.com has only found two, one in 2043-2044 AD and one in 3707-3708 AD.

I'm interested in your chronology and where we start differing. It appears you agree with Newton's chronology in that the creation occurred in about 4000 BC, where I figured 3960 BC. Of course, those who adhere to the Septuagint version of the Old Testament should add about 1500 years to this. We are aligned up to the time of the entering of the Promised Land. I have 2554 BC, and you have 2558 BC. But by the time of Christ's crucifixion, we are out of sync by about 38 years. Do you have a detailed chronology that I can review, or maybe you could compare yours to mine (website/s mentioned above) and see where we get out of sync?

We should still be in alignment for the building of the first temple as 1 Kings 6:1 says it was 480 years from the exodus to the fourth year of Solomon's rule. That would be 966 BC. I used Edwin Thiele's reckoning of the kings of Judah and Israel and known historical facts such as the destruction of the first temple in 586 BC, the reconstruction of 2nd temple began in 536 and was completed in 516 BC, Ezra's arrival in Jerusalem in 458 BC, Nehemiah arrived to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem in 445/444 BC, Alexander the Great conquers Palestine in 332 BC, Seleucid Dynasty began in 311 BC, the first abomination of desolation occurred in 167 BC, Mattathias and sons rebel in 167 BC and his descendants rule until 63 BC when Roman rule began, etc., etc, until Jesus' death in 33 AD according to my reckoning.

Randy, have you had a chance to check out the timeline, or the findings documents? Hopefully those will express a little better what I've been trying to say.

The linear timeline is the one that contains all of the scripture references. Your feedback is always welcome.

Sir, thank you for the timely reply. Consider laying out a timeline, from 1-7049, that is 19-wide by 371 long. This would be the Lunar cycle calendar. Some scriptural events present themselves when viewed like this, as with the other factors as well. The 53 by 133 will bring out something special that is not viewable by any other scale. My sincere hope is that you will look and be blessed.

Consider the tetrad. A tetrad is 531 days from first to last. There are 177 days between each Total Lunar Eclipse (TLE). This equates to 3 sets of 59 days each. Which are equivalent to one 30-day month and one 29-day month.

The factors are: 1, 3, 9, 59, 177, 531.

Our God is the greatest engineer, we should expect that He would use structures like this in His design of time.

(6023 ~ = ~ 2023)

Question: how does a 7000-year calendar handle Revelation 20:7 ?