Is there anyone out there who is serious about studying God's timing cycles? I didn't know the WTBTS came out with this article and even though they didn't specifically say 2034 it's safe to assume we all got that message. The interesting point is that that has been the date in my head for quite a while now. I'm a bible student to the max and chronology and future dating is one of my favorite hobbies. Here are a few points bringing me to 2034.
1) Hosea 6:2 (Young's Literal Translation) He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him. Alongside the day = 1000 years principle we all have heard we have 2000 years of "sleep" and then awakening. The type and shadow being Jesus asleep for two days and risen on the third as well. I start this prophecy at Pentecost 33 CE when the Pentecostal Age began. 2000 years determined for that age so 2034 is th end of that age... In studying types and shadows (Heb 10:1) of Moses' holidays we find that the antitype of Passover was at Jesus' death, the antitype of Pentecost is a full outpouring of the holy spirit. The elect of God, all part of the first resurrection, will have the same authority of Jesus. In essence being part Christ because they are his body and he is the head. The anointing oil will have dribbled down from the hair onto the shoulders onto the back, arms, chest, etc.
2) The chronology of the WTBTS is all wrong. They are based on Russells calculations from 120 years ago. Recent scholarship has fixed the discrepancies. 3967 BC better fits the actual dates and calculations of the bible, when I finish the chart I will post it. The 6 days to completely finish creating man = 6000 of our years (1 day = 1000 years) ends at 2034 AD!!! The 1000 year reign of the Christ company can then happen from 2034-3034. The the handing over of all authority back to God after His 7th day rest will be happening as scheduled, on the day of Tabernacles of course.
3) Even though the 1914 date is wrongly calculated to be what the WTBTS claim it to be it is still a correct calculation when we figure the difference between legal time and actual time in the bible. A jubilee cycle is 50 years but it is ACTALLY 49 years since the first year of a cyle overlaps the last year in the previous cycle. Does anyone know of the instances of 120 years broken up into 3*40? Two quick examples are Saul reigned 40, David reigned 40, Solomon reigned 40 = 120. Moses in Egypt 40, Moses in exile 40, Moses with Israelites 40 = 120. Well, 120 "legal time" Jubilees from 3967 is 2034, not interesting because that's just 6000 years, a repetition of point #2. The 120 "actual time" jubilees come to 1914 of which we are well aware of the chaos which followed the Pentecost of that year. This gets interesting when we begin to figure the other breaks at 40 and 80 Jubilees. At 40 we find Abraham being called out of Babylon to become a "Jehovah's Witness" (couldn't resist). At 80 We find the antitypical Passover of Jesus' death.
4) This is just an added comment. We can break down the seven days into "halvings." The first Passover Age is 4 days. The Pentecost Age is 2 days. The Tabernacles Age is 1 day. After that is the 8th day which is circumcision day for us all. The carnal we be riddened and we can truly be happy in a paradise new earth. No matter what God caused our lives to be today, and no matter what decisions he causes us to make prior to death.
Agape,
Jeff