CREATION DATE CALCULATION
Bible Chronology Confirms Signs of Birth — Year 5930 AM
We cannot put a date on the second coming of Jesus, but according to the simplest possible Bible chronology we are now close to 5930 years after creation. Therefore may expect to see the birth (and major birth pains) of the final 70 ish year generation.
The year 5930 + 70 = 6000 years.
According to the Sexta-Septamillennial Tradition, God is giving mankind six thousand years to multiply on this earth before Jesus returns to usher in his Kingdom. This timeline is based on the six day creation account in Genesis 1, and that for God a day is like a thousand years, (2 Peter 3v8, Psalm 90v4).
The 6000 years may be summarised as follows:
Two thousand years from Adam to Abraham,
Two thousand years from Abraham to Jesus, and
Two thousand years from Jesus until today.
A Simple Calculation of the Year of Creation:
There are many ways to calculate the year of creation, and using different methods people arrive at different results, but perhaps the most simple method is the most accurate:
The 20 generations from Adam until the birth of Abraham span 1948 years (see chart below).
God’s covenant with Abram at the age of 85 covers about 2033 years.
Add a further 430 years until the Exodus (Exodus 12v40 Gal 3v15-17).
Add 480 years until Solomon began building the temple (1 Kings 6v1).
Historians date this to 966 B.C.
The total: about 1948 + 85 + 430 + 480 + 966 = about 3909 B.C.
Therefore Biblical evidence for the year of creation points to about 3909 B.C. or perhaps 3908 B.C. if we correct for a counting error in which the year 966 gets counted twice.
Adding 2021 years gives a total of 5930 years with approximately 70 years remaining until year 6000.
At the end of 2021 AD Putin began surrounding Ukraine in preparation for war. In February 2022 the war began.
A detailed explanation of this calculation is here:
While Bible chronology always has some ambiguity this calculation seems to be the simplest, most straight forward and is therefore more likely to have real prophetic significance.
We must study times of birth in Scripture and consider what God may have planned for the birth of the final generation. Wars and rumours of war is a major theme as it relates to the beginning of birth pains (Mat 24v6-8).
This chronology also connects remarkably well with astonishing astronomical evidence:
Four Heavenly Signs
Signs don’t point directly to the end. Instead they point to times of birth when prophecy begins.
God created the sun the moon and the stars and said, “let them be for signs and for seasons” — Gen 1v14.
Four special heavenly signs have occurred prior to the beginning of each new 2000 year period:
The corresponding heavenly signs are as follows:
Birth of creation — the Revelation 12 sign of 3915 B.C.
Birth of Abram — the sign of Jasher 8.
Birth of Jesus — the Star of Bethlehem (Matthew 2).
Birth of the final generation — the Revelation 12 sign of 2017.
The first and the last of these heavenly signs are astronomical alignments called, “The Revelation 12 Sign”. The early and later alignments are almost identical as shown in astronomy software.
The first Revelation 12 sign occurred in 3915 BC, six or seven years before the proposed year of creation in about 3909 BC. This is perfect timing!
The Revelation 12 sign is understood to be a six or seven year warning, so it confirms the creation date, or perhaps the date of the fall when Adam and Eve sinned and left the garden of Eden.
Abraham was also born with a heavenly sign, then like baby Jesus and Moses, he was almost killed by the King as recorded in the book of Jasher ch. 8. The book of Jasher is not in the Bible but is referenced in Joshua 10v13 and 2 Samuel 1v18. See also Abraham’s Prophecy
Jesus was born with a heavenly sign that the Magi saw in the east and followed to worship Jesus (Mat 2v2, 9-10). King Herod tried to kill him, but Jesus escaped.
There was a real astronomical event at the time of Jesus’ birth that can be seen in astronomy software. Rick Larson presents this sign in his documentary film, The Star of Bethlehem.
The early church were also born with “wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke...” Acts 2v19-20.
The recent Revelation 12 sign occurred on 23rd of September 2017. The Eclipse Reversal occurred on 5th January 2015. These signs are described in Rev 12v1-5 and depict the great calamity and miraculous escape that occurs at the time of birth.
With about a seven year warning in mind, please be alert to world war three in approximately 2024.
Daniel 11v36-44 describes how this war will begin so that we may act with great wisdom and foresight to help many people escape the calamity. See the Daniel 11 Prophecy
The system of interpretation is explained and demonstrated on the page, “God’s Plan”.
To reiterate:
This calculation cannot predict the year or even the decade of Jesus' return, because Biblical examples of the journey of salvation include 40, 50, 70 and 80 year examples. There will be no sign of the end, but special signs are given at the time of birth.
Although we can’t see the end coming, we always see when a baby is coming because the signs of birth are obvious to everyone. A woman even calculates her due date. Today the signs we have (with more listed below) are pointing to a climax in the birth pains in the latter part of 2024, or around that time.
God’s promise to us, his children is that we will be able to escape the dragon. This time the dragon will be nuclear war.
Adam’s missed 70 Years — for us!
Adam was told “in the day you eat of it you shall surely die" — Genesis 2v17. Keep in mind that for God a day is like a thousand years, so yes, Adam died the same day that he sinned.
Adam’s death in 930AM was 70 years short of the first millennium.
Today, in about 5930 AM we may be about 70 years away from completing the sixth millennium.
AM is “Anno Mundi” - “Year of the world.” It is a measure of time from the year of creation, or perhaps from the fall of Adam and Eve.
Adam lived 930 years (Gen 5v5). By God’s grace we have had an additional 5000 years since then. (5 represents God’s grace). So consider the 5000th anniversary of the death of Adam!
Now we are considering how the year 5930 relates to the birth of the final generation.
The relationship between the 930 years of Adam and the year 5930AM can be understood by considering the Chiasm of World History in which God reveals the end from the beginning. The mirroring nature of a chiasm suggests that just as Adam died 70 years short of the first ‘millennial day’ of salvation, so the final generation will have approximately 70 years to complete the last ‘millennial day’ of salvation.
The two perfect Revelation 12 signs of birth that bookend history highlight the chiastic pattern.
So if we are about to see a final moment of birth, what will be the ‘original sin’ that brings a curse? I expect Nuclear war will mirror original sin, the fall of the final generation producing pollution similar to the curse that Adam and Eve suffered when they sinned and were cast out of the garden of Eden.
“Before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes. Before them the land is like the garden of Eden, behind them, a desert waste— nothing escapes them.” — Joel 2v3
If you see this conflict coming, please do whatever is in your power to warn people, and to help people prepare for a storm like when Noah built the ark, or when Joseph prepared for the famine. God is with us, Immanuel.
Abram born 1948 AM / Modern Israel 1948 AD
The Age Chart pictured above shows that Abram was born in 1948 AM.
Abraham is the father of the nation of Israel so the fact that Modern Israel was re-born in 1948 AD can’t be a coincidence.
The real sign to us is the fact that Abraham was called at the age of 75 (Genesis 12v4) to begin a journey in the land of Canaan.
1948 + 75 = 2023
Therefore we can expect a real end times journey to begin in about 2023 AD!
I expect Netanyahu to attack the Iranian nuclear program in 2023 as the Daniel 11 Prophecy unfolds. If this happens we will hear the call to prepare for a real end times journey. About a year later we will likely see the King Herod moment of Daniel 11v44 — nuclear war.
God is currently giving us some astonishing numerical signs that point to a return of Netanyahu and Trump before nuclear war. I call them the 777 signs. God does miracles to keep his people safe, and these signs are miraculous in themselves.
A war in the Middle East between Iran and Israel is likely to be severe. The destruction of Modern Israel can also be considered as a sign, (maybe an approximate one year sign) of the end times birth.
Ambiguities in the Chronology
There are a few ambiguities that need to be dealt with to justify this chronology.
Here is the chronology again:
The 20 generations from Adam until the birth of Abraham span 1948 years (see chart below).
God’s covenant with Abram at the age of 85 covers about 2033 years.
Add a further 430 years until the Exodus (Exodus 12v40 Gal 3v15-17).
Add 480 years until Solomon began building the temple (1 Kings 6v1).
Historians date this to 966 B.C.
The total: about 1948 + 85 + 430 + 480 + 966 = about 3909 B.C.
Abraham Born 1948 or 2008?
Today the most commonly published chronology of the Bible is based on the work of Bishop James Ussher, a 17th century English priest. However Ussher made a change to the Genesis account at 11v26 which states unambiguously;
“After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.” — Genesis 11v26.
Ussher adds 60 years to the date placing the birth of Abram in 2008. He used an interpretation of Acts 7v4 to justify his date change, but Ussher’s opinion goes against the historical view, and miss applies the principle of interpreting the later Scriptures in light of former.
In addition, if Terah was not 70, but 130 years old when Abram was born there should have been no concern about Abraham’s age when Isaac was born — Gen 21v1-8 (and Gen 18v11). However Isaac’s birth was regarded as a miracle when Abraham was 100, and Sarah 90 years old.
This Bible chronology accepts the traditional view that Genesis 11v26 should be taken at face value in which Abram was born in 1948 AM. The re-birth of Modern Israel in 1948 AD therefore appears as an interesting sign of the end times.
Which Abrahamic Covenant?
A common question asked about the chronology is which of the covenants given to Abraham should we measure the 430 years from?
Paul refers to a covenant in Galatians 3v15, but there are three possibilities, and he doesn’t specify which one.
I’ve used the covenant of Genesis 15 when Abraham was about 85 years old. But why?
The Genesis 15 covenant is the correct one to use because that is where God specifically outlines their time being “sojourners in a land not theirs, and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.” — Genesis 15v13. (This includes the time in both Canaan and Egypt).
But then the question arises, how do we account for the fact that the covenant in Genesis 15v13 is only for 400 years, not the 430 as mentioned in Exodus 12v40, and Galations 3v17?
The answer to this question is in the word “offspring”. The covenant is made to “Know for certain that your OFFSPRING will be sojourners in a land not theirs…” Genesis 15v13.
At the time Abraham had no offspring. Ishmael was about to be born, but being the child of Hagar the slave woman, the promise would not come through him.
Isaac would be born 15 years later, but that still leaves 15 years unaccounted for.
The remaining 15 years is for Isaac to come of age so that Abraham would have offspring sojourning in the land.
“What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.” — Galatians4v1-2.
While Isaac was underage Ishmael was a potential rival, so Abram was instructed to send Ishmael away (Genesis 21v8-14). The flesh spirit symbolism that Paul describes in Galatians in the struggle between Ishmael and Isaac or Hagar and Sarah is a symbolic act of repentance relating to spiritual new birth.
From the time that God made the 400 year covenant with Abram’s offspring in Genesis 15 he needed to wait another 30 years until Isaac came of age to be a sojourner in his own right making a total of 430 years.
Minor adjustments
Minor adjustments could me made for issues such as inclusive counting. That is, whether or not to count the first year. The Jewish system of counting includes the first year, but we typically start at zero and count 1 on the second year.
Minor ambiguities of Bible chronology serve a purpose:
“It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.” — Acts 1v7
Birth means the end is NOT yet
The main significance of this calculation in pointing to the year 5930 after creation is in regard to the birth of the final 70 ish year generation. Jesus mentioned this generation in Matthew 24v34:
“I tell you the truth this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.”
The endpoint for the first generation of the church was the destruction of the Temple, and the end of the Old Testament nation of Israel. From the King Herod moment until 70 AD was about 70 years. Alternatively from Pentecost to 70 AD was about 40 years.
From moments of birth, a generation may live for about 40 or 70 years. Other time periods are mentioned in Scripture including 50 or 80 years, or ‘to the third and fourth generation.’ “In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here” — Gen 15v16.
In this world we always see birth coming, and the birth pains build up gradually as the time of delivery comes near. But the end is different in that we don’t always see the end coming. The end could come at any time, so we always need to be ready to meet Jesus as his return could be imminent to any individual at any time.
The end of the world is not imminent at the time of birth because Jesus spoke about wars and rumours of war saying not to be alarmed, “such things must happen but the end is not yet.” — Mat 24v6.
Paul confirms that the end will not come during a time of war: “While people are saying, ‘peace and security,’ then sudden destruction will come upon them…” — 1 Thess 4v3.
Given what we see happening in the world today, along with many special signs of birth, we can understand that the end of the world is not imminent, and therefore we must be ready for action to help people escape the dragon who tries to devour the new born child at apocalyptic times of birth. In our age that dragon can be expected to manifest in the form of nuclear war.
Update:
In early 2022 a potentially serious war began when Russia attacked Ukraine.
Russia attacked Ukraine seven years after the Eclipse Reversal and Biblical Blood Moon Tetrad proving the sign of Revelation 12v3 to be a true seven year sign!
Therefore the Revelation 12 sign of 2017 will also be proven as a true seven year sign when we come to a climax of war and birth pains in about 2024 — World War Three.
There will be no sign of the end. Instead, God gives us signs at the time of birth.
Conclusion
This simple approach to Bible chronology is likely to be proven correct, especially given the astronomical evidence that already gives strong confirmation. Therefore we should prepare for the birth of the final generation, and we should understand the testimony that follows.
Birth begins a testimony, and “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” — Revelation 19v10.
Eclipse Reversal
The Eclipse Reversal sign relates to the birth of the final generation, and delivers the message, “God's dragon has appeared at the time of the end”. This is the sign of Revelation 12v3.
The sign of the dragon (Rev 12v3), the Eclipse Reversal appeared in 2015, two years in front of the birth. There were exactly 5930 years from the Revelation 12 sign of 3915 BC to 2015 AD.
3915 + 2015 = 5930 years!
The Eclipse Reversal being part of the seven year warning confirms that the war beginning in 2022 between Russia and Ukraine is the war that will continue to spread (Israel and Iran to be next - The Daniel 11 Prophecy) until the climax comes with the birth of the final generation.
So please be alert to the Daniel 11v36-44 prophecy.
Revelation 12 says that the dragon wants to devour God's child. Spiritually this relates to repentance, but apocalyptically it points to the coming war and world government, but God keeps His family safe because our time has not yet come. We have the gospel to preach to all nations before the end comes.
God’s Plan
To consider the significance of these signs, please see “God’s Plan”. Prophecy reveals Jesus, and Jesus reveals the journey of God’s people in the last days.
Prophecy begins at birth. There are many typological examples of the birth of Jesus in Scripture, and by studying these we may learn about the birth and journey of the final generation.
The message is urgent because these signs we are currently seeing are pointing to the war that will fulfil the major part of the birth pains of the last days.
Those who are aware and understanding have a unique opportunity to act now, with foresight, to help many people escape the hour of trial believed to be coming on the world.
