The BORG has simultaneously used several lines of reasoning in conjunction with one another to argue that we are "in the last days" period of time. The sequence of events is supposed to be: "the last days," Armageddon, and then immediately Christ's millenial reign (1000 years).
As I recall one of the pieces of evidence the BORG used to bolster the argument for Armageddon coming in 1975 was that the period of the 7 creative days was supposed to end up spanning 49,000 years.
According to the "Paradise" book and other 50s and 60s publications the 7 creative days started after the earth had been here for a very long time. Each of the 7 creative days was supposed to be 7,000 years long.
God created Adam & Eve at the very end of the 6th creative day. But, Adam was created first and there was some time that went by, during which Adam was naming the animals, before Eve was created (this was a fact that the BORG seized on after 1975 failed). The seventh creative day began immediately after humans were created.
According to the BORG 1975 marked the 6,000 year anniversary of Adam's creation. And, that was what fed the 1975 Armageddon frenzy, because the 6,000 years + the 1,000 year reign was supposed be the full time period of the 7th creative day.
When 1975 began receding into the past, they offered the reasoning that because of the unknown period of years between Adam's creation and Eve's creation that same length of unknown time would have to added to 1975 before "the end" and Armageddon would arrive.
That bought the BORG some time, but with all of the other "adjustments in thinking" that have taken place in the last 10 or 15 years, even the doctrines surrounding the seven creative days, that used be part of the core of the "last days" argument, are crumbling.
In addition to the generation of 1914 idea getting shitcanned, the period of time Adam needed to name enough animal speces that would later fit into the Ark, is now becoming ridiculously long as well...it's nearly 35 years. Almost the length of time Noah spent building the Ark and getting all of the animals on board.
My point with all of this is that even if they find some new numerology to create another date for the end, they are still going to have to deal with this aspect of the argument.
Any thoughts or observations?
