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Jerusalem 1917-1335
The Soli-Lunar Cycle

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And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years. Genesis 1:14

God has set the sun and moon revolving in the heavens synchronized like a fine chronometer. The soli-lunar cycle silently measures the long cycles of bible prophecy.

The seven times punishment (2520 years) had been discovered during the Advent movement. William Miller taught that beginning with the last captivity date of Northern Israel (676 B.C.), the 2520 would end in 1843-4. A generation later Grattan Guiness discovered that 2520 lunar years from the captivity date of the southern two tribes (603 B.C.) also ended in 1844.

Adding the 75 (lunar) years in Daniel 12 to 1844 he realized that the 1335 would end in 1917. (75 lunar years is 73 solar years). In addition, 2520 solar years from 603 was to end in 1918/9.


There is an East and a West in Bible Prophecy
Lunar time periods pertain to the sanctuary - Jerusalem
Grattan Guiness argued that lunar time periods pertained to the East and the sanctuary or Jerusalem. Solar time periods were for the West and the throne. Therefore he believed that the 1335 lunar was a terminal date for Jerusalem that would see the end of Gentile rule. Ever since AD 70, Jerusalem had been under the control of either Rome or Islam.

Guiness revolutionized bible chronology and when Allenby entered Jaffa gate it triggered an explosion of insight within the British Commonwealth. Sadly, these insights have been "Left Behind" by our generation except for a remnant.

Was Jesus's life a Soli-Lunar Cycle?
An awesome thing to contemplate.
The earth circles the sun in 365.2424 days. But 12 lunations end in 354.367 days. The solar year then gains 10.8754 days (the epact) each year. In 33.6 years they have made a complete cycle and are back in sync.

Guiness argues that Christ's lifetime was 33.5 years, 6 months and 40 days (before ascension). That is 33.6 years. This is equal to 33 years, seven lunar months and 7 days which Guiness explains is a perfect cycle. So Christ's life was a soli-lunar cycle. There are 75 soli-lunar cycles in 2520 years. Do we see evidence of design?

  • 33.5 years + 40 days = 33.6 yrs
  • 33 years + 7 lunar months + 7 days = 33.6 yrs.
  • 365.24 / (epact 10.8754) = 33.6 years
  • Solar year gains a full year on lunar year

The sun gains 73 years or 75 lunar years over the lunar year in 2520 lunar years. So the lunar 1335 or (1260+1260+75) ended at the same time as the 2520 solar.

Prophetic Time Periods
Solar and Lunar
  1. 2520 Lunar - 603 BC to 1844
  2. 2520 Solar - 603 BC to 1917
  3. 1260 Lunar - 622 to 1844 - Eastern Little Horn
  4. 1260 Solar - 538 to 1798 - Western Little Horn
  5. 2300 Solar - 457 to 1844
  6. 2300 Lunar - 312 BC to 1917/18

Daniel's 70 Weeks
A Solar and Lunar Fulfillment
Daniel's 70th week is also soli-lunar. There were strangely two decrees to rebuild Jeruslam. The first (Ezra 7:6-9) in the fall of 457/8 BC and the second (Nehemiah 2) 14.5 years later in the spring of 444 BC. Nehemiah specifies the month of Nisan.

Seventy weeks is 490 years. The midst of the 70th week is then 486.5 years. There are exactly 472 solar years in 486.5 lunar years. And 486.5 less 472 = 14.5 years (458-7 less 444). If the two decrees were exactly 14.5 years apart then the middle of the Daniel's 70th week is the same measured solar from Ezra and lunar from Nehemiah. (within 5 days)

It is seemingly impossible to perfectly synchronize the two starting dates, the baptism of Jesus(yr 483), the crucifiction(yr 486.5) and the stoning of Steven(yr 490). Assumptions must be made and the dates are controversial. However, the link below is an interesting attempt at a solution.

God provided the sun and the moon as two witnesses to the important time periods and certainly none was more important than the sacrifice of His Son.

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