The Temple and 1260 days Bible Prophecy
Measuring the Tabernacle Curtains
and comparing them with Bible-Prophecy time spans
(Chart including brief explanation
of symbolism of measurements)(Based on Exodus 26)
Same chart as before, except with terse hints
about the meaning of each number;
expanded explanations follow.Cubic-area is symbolic of days and years
Materials used | 1st curtain fine linen |
2nd curtain goats hair |
1st covering red ram-skins |
2nd covering sea cows |
Total |
---including folds--- | |||||
Total of all 4 materials | 1320 (curtain and veils) |
1320 |
1320 (44 months) |
1320 (44 months) |
5280 (as 11 x 480 years = 77 years accumulated in leap months) |
Subtotal 2640 (88 months) |
Subtotal 2640 (88 months) |
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Curtains/coverings only |
1120 | 1320 | 1320 | 1320 | 5080 (1270 average per covering, which is 3½-years of Hebrew calendar) |
Subtotal 2440 1150 + 1290 |
Subtotal 2640 (88 months) |
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---not including folds--- | |||||
Total of all 4 materials | 1320 (curtain and veils) |
1260 (3½-years of 360 cal.) |
1260 (3½-years of 360 cal.) |
1260 (3½-years of 360 cal.) |
5100 (1260 +1290 average per set, which is a normal 7-years of 360 cal.) |
Subtotal 2580 (1290 x 2 = 7 years of 360 Cal.; and is 430 x 6) |
Subtotal 2520 (1260 x 2 also = 7 years 360 Cal.) |
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Curtains/coverings only |
1120 | 1260 | 1260 | 1260 | 4900 70 x 70, or, 490 x 10 of Daniel 9 |
Subtotal 2380 (2300 + 80 days cleansing for a women; or as average of the two, 1150 + 40 for a man!) |
Subtotal 2520 (1260 x 2 = also 7 years 360 Cal.) |
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(Inside) gold-covered wooden paneling | 720 (tabernacle is 360 either side, = 2 years) |
6000 (creation of man: "a thousand years is as a day") |
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Total of all 5 materials 1320 + 1320 + 1320 + 1320 + 720 = 6000 |
Leap Months (30 days) Also Depicted
There were two extra wooden panels (a total of 50) that overlapped ("doubled") two corner panels, which, thereby, strengthened the corners of the tabernacle on the north-west and south-west. If we include these two, we must add another 30 to the 720 sq. cubits; (and 6030 sq. cubits becomes the total of all 5 materials). It happens that there are '30' days in a month within the 360 calendar. Since the basic 720 sq. cubits depict 360 x 2 days (= 720), hence, the extra '30' must depict a leap month. (360 + 390 days = 750 days.) As said, the tabernacle ("Temple of Time") is patterned after the solar and lunar year. Symbolically speaking, therefore, for its leap month to be symbolized by partly hidden corner panels (for the purpose of strengthening the tabernacle) fits well with the purpose of a leap month in the 360 calendar: the leap month is an additional hidden month added to the 360 year, and it calibrates ("strengthens") the 360 year to the true solar year. Moreover, the curtains and coverings likewise have leap months included in precisely the same way. They are folded back (hidden) within the 11th curtain. (Each of the 11 curtain segments are 4 by 30 cubits, that is, each curtain symbolically represents four months, 4 x 30 days.) As seen in the above table, this hidden fold backwards accounts for the variations of a seven-year period, (representing the seven days of creation)---the 1260 + 1260, 1260 + 1290, and even 1290 + 1290 can all be seven-year periods on the 360 calendar. The slot any given seven-year span falls upon within the ongoing calendar cycles determines how many leap months should be added. And it happens that these 3 'seven-year' periods represent the minimum and maximum lengths possible during any one 'seven-year' period. Hence, tabernacle dimensions signify the 360 calendar both by normal and by leap-month years; and to a lesser extent, even the Hebrew lunar calendar is represented, (see above "5080".) Importantly, every 6th board fell upon the join of the 3rd curtain so as to divide the curtain into groupings of 3 x 4 x 30, which is 12 months, or 360 days! The is highly significant. |
Measuring the Tabernacle Curtains:
Total material used
The Tabernacle Curtains as 1320 and 1260 sq. cubits
(The tabernacle and the 1260 days of bible prophecy. Also, 1290 and 1335 days and years.)
Comparing Measurements of Tabernacle Curtains
with Bible-Prophecy time spans
Bible references that link the temple and tabernacle with time