Bible Prophecy Numbers:
The Writing on the Wall

 

Ch. 2d, "How Long?"

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The Origin of Bible Prophecy Numbers...
 3½, 7, 40, 49, 390, 430, 490, 1150, (2300), 1260, 1290, and 1335

 

 

Scriptural References for the Bible Prophecy Numbers:{8)

The number 490 found in Daniel 9:24-27 is a key number, for in it are found all other bible prophecy numbers. It's breakdown is as follows:

 "70 x 7" = 490 days/years, which is further broken down as:

  1. (7 x 7 = 49) 

  2. + (62 x 7 = 434)

  3. + (3½ + 3½ = 7) = 490 days/ years.

 

 

The (70 x 7) 490:

The entire above formula was based upon the jubilee/Sabbath structure of the bible, which occurred in unbroken cycles of seven days or years, with additional special 7 x 7 (49) days or years, (Lev.23-25). (The 50th year does not break the regular ongoing cycles; hence, the 50th year is simply the first year of the next jubilee cycle.)

When this prophecy came to Daniel (ch. 9), the exile was just concluding its predicted 70-year span. This was the period prophesied by Jeremiah the prophet concerning the land of Judah, which he said would lay fallow "70 years" to make up for its missing Sabbaths. (Hence, a 490-year period; [70 x 6] work-years plus [70 x 1] failed Sabbaths.) This is a wonderful study in and of itself! But the point for now is that the response to Daniel as he prayed about the lapsed 70 years was that God had assigned yet another 70 x 7 years/days for the accomplishment of other specific things. Hence, there is a clear connection between the 70 x 7 of Daniel's prophecy and the jubilee/Sabbath system of the bible. To miss this point is to miss much!

 

  1. (7 x 7) = 49

  2. + (62 x 7) = 434

  3. + ( 3½ + 3½) = 7 

    total = 490 days/years

 

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1) (7 x 7 = 49). (49) days/years, (and 490).  "Seventy Weeks"{11} (Daniel 9:24, RSV, cf. ch. 9–12.) 
(I.e., literally "seventy weeks," KJV. Can denote years or days.)

"Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy," (Daniel 9:24, NIV).

 

2) (62 x 7 = 434). 434 (430) days/years. (This number works with the 430 of Daniel, as 430 + 3½.)

Ezekiel's "Siege" (Ezekiel 4:2, cf. 4–5)

"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 house of Israel" (Ezekiel 4:5).

"After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year" (Ezekiel 4:6).

 

3) (3½ + 3½ = 7). (Divided-seven) (1260 days)

1150 days{9} equals 2300 "evenings and mornings" of consecutive "sacrifices" (Daniel 8:13; 9:21; cf. Exodus 29:38-42; i.e., it can be viewed as either 2300 full days or 2300 half-days){10}

"How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled––the vision concerning the daily sacrifice…?"  "He said to me, "It will take 2300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconstructed"’" (Daniel 8:13a,14).

 

(3½ years) (I.e., "a half-week," or, "half-of-seven years". There are seven variations)

The "middle" of the last "week" (‘seven’) of the 490 represents a 7-year period divided into two equal parts (i.e., 3½ + 3½ = 7 years, Daniel 9:27), just as the "2300" (i.e., 6½ years) also divides in half.

"He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation…" (Daniel 9:27)

"Three-and-a-half-years" can be identified four other ways besides the above three ways. However, since they are found in the Bible implicitly rather than explicitly, these four will be utilized on a secondary level, and only in amalgamation with the above three primary forms.{13}

TIME

TIMES

HALF-TIME

==> 3½ times

(1 year) 
360 days

(2 years) 
720 days

(½-year) 
180 days

= 3½ years
= 1260 days

Or, + 30 days = 390 (if we here add the leap month)

Or, + 30 days = 750 (if we here add the leap month)

Or, + 30 days = 210 (if we here add the leap month)

= 1290 
(or 1260 + 30 days)

 

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