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that Judah was invaded and the
land of P alestine was given over to
King Nebuchadnezzar in 604
B.C.,
the very nation to whom that land
was deeded by God Almighty took
possession of it.
That nation was not the Jewish
people, but the birthr ight people
who descended from
Abraham. The birthright
means right of birth, and
includes the possession of
the land; that is, it includes
material resources and
possessions. The posses-
sion of the land that God
promised to Abraham was
handed on to Isaac, Abra–
ham 's son, and then to Ja–
cob. And then Jacob, just
before he died, and when
his eyes were so dim with
age that he couldn' t see,
reached out and conferred
that same birthright, in–
cluding the possession of
the land of Palestine, not
upon Judah, the father of
the Jews, but upon
Ephraim, and together
with him his brother Ma–
nasseh, both sons of
Joseph.
day of the year 2,520 years after
Nebuchadnezzar carne down to
J erusalem and Palestine was sur–
rendered to him-the Bible gives
us the date in terms of the Hebrew
calendar That calendar is set up
according to the new moons, with
every month being 30 or 29 days.
Today we're living under what we
call tbe Roman calendar or, as it
was slightly altered by Pope Greg-
dar one year, but the next year will
be about 11 days earlier, or maybe
about 18 days later in the year,
because the Hebrew calendar–
sometimes called the sacred calen–
dar, which carne from God- goes
according to the moon and runs in
19-year cycles. The Roman calen–
dar by contrast was concocted by
men who tried to make it come out
right every year, and they've never
been able to make it do
that!
So, when it comes to
translating a certain
prophesied date recorded
in the Hebrew calendar (in
this case the 24th day of
the 9th month-see Hag–
gai 2:20-22) to a date in
1917 according to the Ro–
roan calendar , it takes
sorne effort to figure.
l
found the Hebrew date
corresponded to Decem–
ber 9, 1917, which was
2,520 years from tbe time
Nebuchadnezzaraccepted
the formal surrender of
the J ews in 604
B.C.
Joseph was one of the 12
sons of the ancient patri–
arch Jacob, who was re–
named Israel. Usually you
don' t hear of any tribe of
Joseph because Joseph
was given a double por–
tion. And his two sons,
Ephraim and Manasseh,
each became a tribe. And
so, rather, you usually read
of the tribe of Ephraim
and the tribe of Manasseh.
When the name Joseph is
occasionally used, it in–
eludes the two tribes.
Surrender of Jerusalem to the British on December 9,
1917-the 24th day of the ninth month of the Hebrew
calendar. The Palestinian Mayor of Jerusalem, Haj
Amín Nasbashibi (with walking stick), and the Chief of
Police (far right) order the flag of truce to be presented
to Sergeants Hurcomb and Sedgewick. Two days later
Field Marsbal E.H.H. Allenby, after defeating a Turkisb
counterattack, made bis official entry into the city.
The Turks surrendered
Palestine to the British on
- what date?
I
had
heard, and it had been
published that the date
was December 11, 1917.
December
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found, on further investi–
gation, was merely the
date on which General
Allenby and his army
made their triumphal
march into the city of
J erusalem. But it was two
days before, on December
9, that the Turks made
the surrender.
That prophecy pertain–
ing to the birthright tribe
of Ephraim was fulfilled
by the British down to
the very day, December
9.
And it was on the
How Prophecy Was
Fulfilled
Ephraim was made the chief
birthright holder. And so, 2,520
years from 604
B.C.
Ephraim was to
take Palestine again. Counting
2,520 years from 604
B.C.
brings us
to
A.D.
1917.
When it comes to translating
time and getting down to an exact
January
1986
ory, the Gregorian calendar. Actu–
ally, it is a pagan Roman calendar.
The Roman calendar is all that
most of us know because we've
been born in a world that uses that
calendar and no otber.
A certain date according to the
Hebrew calendar will coincide with
a certain date on the Roman calen-
equivalent date, in 604
s.c.,
2,520 years before, six cen–
turies before the birth of Christ,
that the Jews formally surrendered
J erusalem and Palestine to the gen–
tiles from Babylon.
Next month
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want to give you
a prophecy from the book of
Daniel, which is one of the proofs
of the inspiration of the Bible.
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