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If any man desires to do God's will, he will have the needed illumination to recognize, and can tell for himself whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking from myself and on my own accord.  John 7:17 

 

How Long Ago Since Adam Was Created
I ask this question because I do not believe this earth and the length of time 
since Adam was created are the same.  “In the beginning 
God created the heaven and the earth.  And the earth was without form, 
and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.  And the Spirit of 
God moved upon the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:1, 2).  When God 
created the Universe, He created planet earth at the same time.  As it was 
originally created, it was “void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep 
(water)”.  In the Creation Week account that follows there is no mention of 
God creating water.  The water was already here when He first created the 
Universe of which we are a very small speck of it.  Earth was a ball covered 
completely with water!
So in determining the time since Adam was created we can go into the book 
of Genesis and determine from it the length of time from when Adam was 
created until Israel came out of the land of Egypt.
Adam to Seth               130 years        Genesis 5:3
Seth to Enos                 105 years        Genesis 5:6
Enos to Cainan               90 years         Genesis 5:9
Cainan to Mahaleleel       70 years         Genesis 5:12
Mahaleleel to Jared         65 years         Genesis 5:15
Jared to Enoch              162 years         Genesis 5:18
Enoch to Methusaleh        65 years         Genesis 5:21
Methusaleh to Lamech    187 years         Genesis 5:25
Lamech to Noah            182 years         Genesis 5:28, 29
Noah to Shem               500 years         Genesis 5:32
Shem to Arphaxad         102 years         Genesis 7:6; 11:10
Arphaxad to Salah           35 years         Genesis 11:12
Salah to Eber                  30 years         Genesis 11:14
Eber to Peleg                  34 years         Genesis 11:16
Peleg to Reu                   30 years         Genesis 11:18
Reu to Serug                  32 years          Genesis 11:20
Serug to Nahor               30 years          Genesis 11:22
Nahor to Terah               29 years          Genesis 11:24
Terah to Abram              70 years          Genesis 11:26
Abraham to Isaac          100 years          Genesis 21:5
Isaac to Jacob                60 years          Genesis 25:26
Jacob to Egypt              130 years          Genesis 47:9
In Egypt                   __430 years           Exodus 12:40, 41 
                               2,668 years           Adam to the Exodus from Egypt
The children of Israel left Egypt in the year B.C. 1437.  See the Jubilee 
Calendar Chart #3.  Seventy Jubilee Cycles from that year extends to 1994 
A.D. when the 70th Jubilee Cycle ended.
          70 x 49 + 1 = 3,431 years
1994 to the 1st lunation of the Gregorian year 2015
                                  21 years
2,668 + 3431 + 21 = 6120 years since Adam was created.
We are now in the 6121st year since the Creation of Adam upon this ear

When Will Yahushua Return?

Part 3

How Long Ago Since Adam Was Created?

I ask this question because I do not believe the creation of this earth and the length of time since Adam was created are the same.  “In the beginning Elohim created the heaven [the Universe] and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.  And the Spirit of Elohim moved upon the face of the waters” (Gen. 1:1-2, emphasis added).  When Elohim created the Universe, He created planet Earth at the same time, along with all the other heavenly bodies of the Universe. As the earth was originally created, it was “void [emptiness]; and darkness was upon the face of the deep [a surging mass of water]."

In the Creation Week account that follows, there is no mention of Elohim creating the water.  During that week, Elohim gave this planet the environment that would enable life to be sustained here.  He made it inhabitable.  The water was already here since He first created the Universe, of which the earth is a very small speck.  Earth was a ball completely covered with water!

In determining the time since Adam was created, we can go into the books of Genesis and Exodus and determine from them the length of time from when Adam was created until Israel came out of the land of Egypt.

We have no assurance someone has not tampered with the Scriptures, and what we read in them today, in comparison to what was actually written thousands of years ago has not been altered.  In ancient times when things were written on scrolls, they were sealed, assuring the recipient that what was written and then sent to them had not been tampered with. 

We do have proof someone has tampered with at least two verses in the Bible, and there certainly could be more.  If you are a student of the Holy Bible, you will find those discrepancies.  The casual reader will not be aware of any changes.  Satan will do anything to keep us from knowing the truth that exposes his underhanded dealings with humanity.

Adam to Seth 130 years Genesis 5:3
Seth to Enos   105 years  Genesis 5:6
Enos to Cainan 90 years Genesis 5:9
Cainan to Mahaleleel 70 years Genesis 5:12
Mahaleleel to Jared 65 years Genesis 5:15
Jared to Enoch

162 years

Genesis 5:18
Enoch to Methusaleh  65 years Genesis 5:21
Methusaleh to Lamech  187 years Genesis 5:25
Lamech to Noah 182 years  Genesis 5:28, 29
Noah to Shem 500 years  Genesis 5:32
Shem to Arphaxad 102 years Genesis 7:6, 11:10
Arphaxad to Salah 35 years Genesis 11:12
Salah to Eber  30 years Genesis 11:14
Eber to Peleg   34 years Genesis 11:16
Peleg to Reu  30 years Genesis 11:18
Reu to Serug 32 years  Genesis 11:20
Serug to Nahor 30 years Genesis 11:22
Nahor to Terah 29 years  Genesis 11:24
Terah to Abram  70 years   Genesis 11:26
Abraham to Isaac 100 year Genesis 21:5
Isaac to Jacob   60 years Genesis 25:26
Jacob to Egypt 130 years Genesis 47:9
In Egypt  430 years Exodus 12:40, 41 
2,668 years Creation of Adam to the Exodus from Egypt

The children of Israel left Egypt in the year 1437 BC.  Seventy Jubilee Cycles from 1437 BC, when the Jubilee calendar began, extend to AD 1994 when the 70th Jubilee Year of the 70th Jubilee Cycle took place. Part 1 of this series is the study on Charts 1 & 2 and shows a Jubilee cycle is 49 years in length.

70 x 49 + 1 = 3,431 years from the leaving of Egypt to AD 1994

                  + 2,668 years From the creation Adam to Israel leaving Egypt

                  = 6,099 years From the creation Adam to the year AD 1994

If the total number of years from Adam to AD 1994 is six thousand years instead of six thousand and ninety-nine years, then it would coincide with the seventieth Jubilee Year being AD 1994.  When one adds 2,668 to 1,437, we come up with 4,105, which is off by around one hundred years, which most would agree with.   

There is no certainty the times mentioned in the Bible are one hundred percent accurate.  See Daniel 7:25, where we are told that someone will “think to change the times.” 

The seventieth Jubilee year is accurately given as AD 1994, and 1437 BC is the true date of the Exodus from Egypt because Elohim put a template within those cycles, so we might have the assurance that 1437 BC is correct and AD 1994 is correct.  With AD 1994 being confirmed by the Jubilee calendar, I have come to the assumption that AD 1994 is also the six thousandth year since Adam was created. The uncertainty lies with the ages of the Patriarchs of the Old Testament. 

The charts given in Part 2b of this study show that the years of 457 BC, 408 BC, AD 34, and AD 1798 are specific years pointed out in the prophecies of Daniel, and it is not just a coincidence they fall on Jubilee years but are there to show us the validity of the Jubilee calendar and its starting point and ending point. With the seventieth Jubilee cycle ending in AD 1994, and if it is also the six thousandth year since Adam was created, then today (Jan. 2023) we are in the twenty-eighth year since AD 1994 according to the Biblical Lunar-solar calendar that began at sunset on April 16, 2022. 

In Daniel 7:25 of the New American Standard, we read, "he [the papacy] will intend to make alterations in times and in laws" (emphasis added).

In Jeremiah 8:8, we read, "The pen of the scribes is in vain" (emphasis added).

Daniel 7:25 talks about the "little horn," which we discovered is the papacy. But what about what is said in Jeremiah 8:8? Do we have any assurance the scribes always copied what they were copying correctly?  We can read about how ancient Israel never followed the ways of Yahuwah Elohim in the Old Testament. Is it a possibility the scribes perverted the Scriptures? "For you have perverted the words of the living Elohim, of Yahuwah of hosts our Elohim" (Jer. 23:36, emphasis added).  If they did, then this could be one of those instances that can be found in the Old Testament where they had their hand in mischief-making. Were they used by Satan to try to keep us from arriving at important information and to keep us from discovering certain precious truths Yahuwah Elohim would desire to make known to us who are living at “the time of the end?”  Going with the assumption we are in the six thousand and twenty-eighth year since Adam was created does not affect what is being discussed in this series.  It does enable us to keep track of time during these last years of earth’s history before the return of Yahushua.  The fact that AD 1994 is the seventieth Jubilee year since 1437 BC is what is important and is where our focus should be.

"Yahushua Messiah is the same yesterday, and today, and forever" (Heb. 13:8).  And Elohim is no different than His Son.  They are alike and consistent in Their dealings with humanity.  "I change not" (Mal. 3:6). 

I ask the question:  “If Elohim gave an additional thirty-six years after the ten Jubilee cycles to the nation of Israel before He destroyed their city and Temple, is He giving humanity an additional thirty-six years after the seventy Jubilee cycles before the conclusion of this earth's history and Yahushua returns?  If so, then we are in the twenty-eighth year since the seventieth Jubilee cycle ended in AD 1994, hence 6,028 (April 17, 2022 – April 6, 2023, are the dates of the Biblical Lunar-solar calendar year 6,028).  We have less than eight years before the end comes and Yahushua returns.  AD 2030 will be the thirty-sixth year since the seventieth Jubilee Cycle ended.  Regardless of whether or not AD 1994 is the six thousandth year since Adam was created, AD 2030 is the thirty-sixth year since the end of the seventieth Jubilee cycle.

With the condition of the world, one wonders whether we can even bear another eight years.  I became a Christian in AD 1973, expecting Yahushua to return very soon.  Forty-nine years later, He has not yet returned.  Has there been a delay?  Elohim's purposes know no haste or delay.  He is punctual; He is always right on time.  "But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Master delays His coming" (Matt.  24:48, emphasis added). It may very well be we have not understood Elohim's timeline correctly.  In Acts 1:7, Yahushua told His disciples, "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which My Father hath put in His Own power" (emphasis added).

It may not have been necessary for the disciples to know, but it is necessary for us to understand "the times and the seasons!" Yahushua told us He will return, and when He does, He will be right on time; His time, not our time.  I have memorized a number of Psalms, and over and over again, I have come across the word "wait."  We are an impatient species.  We have a great need for patience or at least I do.  "For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of Elohim, you might receive the promise.  For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry" (Heb. 10:36-37, emphasis added).  When Yahushua returns, He will come right on time and "will not tarry" even though to us it may seem that He does. "Amen.  Even so, come, Master Yahushua" (Rev. 22:20). 

When Yahushua came the first time, He came right on time.  “But when the fullness of the time was come, Elohim sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law” (Gal. 4:4, emphasis added).  If the Jews had been studying Daniel 9:24-27, they would have known when He was coming and where He would come (Mic. 5:2).  Will we repeat the failure of ancient Israel by not doing our studying?

"I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now.  Howbeit when He the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth:  for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak:  and He will show you things to come" (John 16:12-13).  Yahushua told us we will not know the day nor the hour (Matt. 25:13), but He never said we could not know when the month or the year would be, did He?  In using the Jubilee calendar, we can locate the year (AD 2030) when He will return.  To determine the month He will return, we must look to another calendar - the Biblical Lunar-solar calendar.