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- From: ucakrvb@ucl.ac.uk (Vijay Bhuchar)
- Newsgroups: alt.messianic
- Subject: Re: Length of years (was Re: ***MoJ: Proof 1: The Amazing Prophecy***)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.172455.14665@ucl.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 17:24:55 GMT
- References: <1993Jan18.113815.29172@ucl.ac.uk> <KRULWICH.93Jan20103948@zowie.ils.nwu.edu>
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- In article <KRULWICH.93Jan20103948@zowie.ils.nwu.edu> krulwich@zowie.ils.nwu.edu (Bruce Krulwich) writes:
- >
- >ucakrvb@ucl.ac.uk (Vijay Bhuchar) writes:
- >
- >> The Amazing Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks is now the standard proof of
- >> Jesus' Messiahship (Daniel 9:24-27). I say "standard" because there is no
- >> SENSIBLE refutation to be found anywhere.
- >...
- >> Daniel writes that from the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until
- >> "Mashiach Nagid" (Messiah the Prince or an anointed prince) will be seven
- >> AND sixty two "weeks" or "sevens" (of years) (*1).
- >...
- >> Throughout these last two milleniums Christians have always believed that
- >> this prophecy referred to Jesus but what was missing was an EXACT fulfilment
- >> since Daniel writes that from event A to event B will be the full 69 x 7
- >> years. He does not say "approximately". It was only this century that the
- >> 360 day year was suggested (*2).
- >>
- >> Under this method this takes us EXACTLY to Nisan 10 in 32 (or 31)
- >> CE. (69 x 7 x 360 = 173,880; 173,880 / 365.242 = 476 solar years
- >> and 25 days; there is no year zero).
- >
- >Sorry, but a 360 day year is contrary to Jewish law. the Torah says clearly
- >that the three harvest holidays MUST be in their seasons, and specifically
- >that Passover must be in a particular time period in the spring. This is why
- >the Jewish year has ALWAYS had leap months added to lengthen certain years to
- >keep in line with the seasons.
- >
- >If there was ever a strict 360 day calendar used for more than a few years,
- >Passover would be in the winter, then the fall, etc. Over the course of 483
- >years, Passover would cycle through the seasons 5 times! Definitely contrary
- >to the Torah, and _never_ the practice in Judaism.
- >
- >But it was a nice try!
- >
- >
- >Dov (Bruce) Krulwich
- >krulwich@ils.nwu.edu
- >
- >
- In the time of the exile, the Jews added an extra month too, whenever
- necessary. The idea is that whilst God is using Jewish years for festivals
- He is using 360 day years for his prophetic fulfilments .
- It's up to Him and I wont argue with Him
-
- Still waiting for sensible refutations.
-
- Vijay (ucakrvb@uk.ac.ucl)
-