2520
Fact or Fiction?
Revelation 12:14;
‘And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she
might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished
for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.’
Rev 12: 6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place
prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two
hundred and threescore days.
7 Times = 7 Years
One Year = 360 Days
7 * 360 = 2520
1843 Chart
7 X 12 months = 84
months 84 X 30
days = 2520 days,
using a day for a
year you get 2520
years.
Day for a Year Principle
Numbers 14:34 After the number of the days in which ye
searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year,
shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall
know my breach of promise.
Ezekiel 4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie
again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of
the house of Judah forty days. I have appointed thee each
day for a year.
When did it start?
“From a farther study of the
Scriptures, I concluded that the
seven times of Gentile
supremacy must commence
when the Jews ceased to be an
independent nation at the
captivity of Manasseh, which the
best chronologers assigned to B.
C. 677 …”
{William Miller, Advent Review
and Sabbath Herald, April 18,
1854.}
When did it start?
This, then, is the inspired
historical event; and its
chronology, which is 723 B. C., is
the point from which to reckon
the 2520 years captivity. Instead
of reckoning from the taking of
Mennasseh king of Judah to
Babylon, 677 B. C., we reckon
from the shutting up and
binding in prison Hoshea king of
Israel, which was 723 B. C.
http://the2520.com/PDFs/Edson-TimeGentiles.pdf
Israel Split into two
"And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of
valour: and Solomon seeing the young man
that he was industrious, he made him ruler
over all the charge of the house of Joseph. And
it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam
went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah
the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had
clad himself with a new garment; and they two
were alone in the field: And Ahijah caught the
new garment that was on him, and rent it in
twelve pieces: And he said to Jeroboam, Take
thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the
God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom
out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten
tribes to thee:"
1 Kings 11:28-31
“I saw that the truth should be
made plain upon tables, that the
earth and the fullness thereof is
the Lord’s, and that necessary
means should not be spared to
make it plain. I saw that the old
chart was directed by the Lord, and
that not a figure of it should be
altered except by inspiration. I saw
that the figures of the chart were
as God would have them, and that
His hand was over and hid a
mistake in some of the figures, so
that none should see it till His hand
was removed.”
{Spalding and Magan collection 1}
“Jesus and all the heavenly host looked with sympathy and love upon
those who had with sweet expectation longed to see Him whom their
souls loved. Angels were hovering around them, to sustain them in the
hour of their trial. Those who had neglected to receive the heavenly
message were left in darkness, and God's anger was kindled against
them, because they would not receive the light which He had sent them
from heaven. Those faithful, disappointed ones, who could not
understand why their Lord did not come, were not left in darkness.
Again they were led to their Bibles to search the prophetic periods. The
hand of the Lord was removed from the figures, and the mistake was
explained…
They saw that the prophetic periods reached to 1844, and that the
same evidence which they had presented to show that the prophetic
periods closed in 1843, proved that they would terminate in 1844.
Light from the Word of God shone upon their position, and they
discovered a tarrying time-- "Though it [the vision] tarry, wait for it."
In their love for Christ's immediate coming, they had overlooked the
tarrying of the vision, which was calculated to manifest the true
waiting ones. Again they had a point of time. Yet I saw that many of
them could not rise above their severe disappointment to possess
that degree of zeal and energy which had marked their faith in 1843.”
EarlyWritings235-236
"I saw that God was in the publishment of the chart by Brother
Nichols. I saw that there was a prophecy of this chart in the Bible,
and if this chart is designed for God's people, if it [is] sufficient for
one it is for another, and if one needed a new chart painted on a
larger scale, all need it just as much. {13MR 359.1} "
" God showed me the necessity of getting out
a chart. I saw it was needed and that the truth
made plain upon tables would affect much and
would cause souls to come to the knowledge
of the truth.--Letter 26, 1850, p. 1. (To Brother
and Sister Loveland, November 1, 1850.) {5MR
202.4}
On our return to Brother Nichol's, the Lord
gave me a vision and showed me that the
truth must be made plain upon tables, and it
would cause many to decide for the truth by
the third angel's message with the two former
being made plain upon tables. I also saw it was
as necessary for the paper to be published as
for the messengers to go, for the messengers
need a paper to carry with them containing
present truth to put in the hands of those who
hear and then the truth would not fade from
the mind, and that the paper would go where
the messengers could not go. Other things I
saw, which will appear in the paper. . . . {5MR
203.1} "
““God sent His angel to move upon the heart of a
farmer [William Miller] who had not believed the
Bible, to lead him to search the prophecies. Angels of
God repeatedly visited that chosen one, to guide his
mind and open to his understanding prophecies
which had ever been dark to God‘s people. The
commencement of the chain of truth was given to
him, and he was led on to search for link after link,
until he looked with wonder and admiration upon the
Word of God. He saw there a perfect chain of truth.”
Early Writings 229”
From a farther study of the Scriptures, I
concluded that the seven times of
Gentile supremacy must commence
when the Jews ceased to be an
independent nation at the captivity of
Manasseh, which the best chronologers
assigned to B. C. 677; that the 2300
days commenced with the seventy
weeks, which the best chronologers
dated from B. C. 457; and that the 1335
days commencing with the taking away
of the daily, and the setting up of the
abomination that maketh desolate,
[Daniel 12:11] were to be dated from
the setting up of the Papal supremacy,
after the taking away of Pagan
abominations, and which, according to
the best historians…
I could consult, should be dated
from about A. D. 508. Reckoning all
these prophetic periods from the
several dates assigned by the best
chronologers for the events from
which they should evidently be
reckoned, they all would terminate
together, about A. D. 1843. I was
thus brought, in 1818, at the close
of my two years study of the
Scriptures, to the solemn
conclusion, that in about twentyfive years from that time all the
affairs of our present state would be
wound up.‖ William Miller, Advent
Review and Sabbath Herald, April
18, 1854.
Revelation 1
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to
shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass;
and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the TESTIMONY OF
JESUS CHRIST, and of all things that he saw.
Then I saw that the papers [The
Review and Herald] would go and
that it would be the means of
bringing souls to a knowledge of the
truth. I saw that James had not borne
the burden alone, but that the angels
of God had assisted and had
oversight of the paper.”– {8MR 221.2}
“Our minds were directed to that point of time, from the fact that dating the
several prophetic periods from those years in which the best chronologers assign
the fulfillment of those events which were to mark their commencement, they all
seemed to terminate that year. This was, however, only apparent. We date the
“seven times” or 2520 years, from the captivity of Manasseh, which is, with great
unanimity, placed by chronologers B.C. 677. This date is the only one we have ever
reckoned from, for the commencement of this period; and subtracting B.C. 677
from 2520 years. There remained but A.D. 1843. We, however, did not observe, that
as it would require 677 full years B.C. and 1843 full years A.D. to complete 2520
years, that it would also oblige us to extend this period as far into A.D. 1844, as it
might have commenced after the beginning of B.C. 677.”
{August 1850 JWe, ADRE 2.6}
http://centrowhite.org.br/files/ebooks/apl/all/JamesWhite/The%20Parable.pdf
: …I was shown that our testimony is still needed in the church, that we should
labor to save ourselves trials and cares, and that we should preserve a
devotional frame of mind. It is the duty of those in the office to tax their brains
more, and of my husband to tax his less. Much time is spent by him upon
various matters which confuse and weary his mind, and unfit him for study or
for writing, and thus prevent his light from shining in the Review as it should.
“My husband’s mind should not be crowded and overtaxed. It must have rest,
and he must be left free to write and attend to matters which others cannot
do. Those engaged in the office could lift from him a great weight of care if
they would dedicate themselves to God and feel a deep interest in the work. –
{3T11, 12} – Written in June 6 1863
“She wrote that her husband was overtaxed with the duties of his
office and his light was hindered from shining in the Review and
Herald as it should. In fact, she said he was in a state that rendered
him “unfit” for “study or for writing.” She was calling for brethren to
lift the burdens that were on her husband’s shoulders because they
were unfitting his mind for the work God desired him to accomplish.
And in this very same year, in the very same month that she voiced
great concern for her husband in his overtaxed condition, he published
the 1863 chart.
It may be true that one of the recognized champions of our faith (and
others) eventually spoke against the 2520. But can the course of any
human being, however led of God override the plain and positive
testimony of the Holy Spirit which has spoken through the prophet?...
Nqobani Blessing Nyoni - http://pathofthejust.org/considering-the-1863-chartpart-1/
The argument that the 2520 is false because men
later rejected it is, at its core, a placing of trust in the
word’s of fallible men over the words of God. And
those who build their understanding on such a
foundation are preparing themselves to receive the
Mark of the Beast. If the words of men are accepted
over the words of inspiration now – such a course will
be even easier to follow in a time when every force
within society will be arraigned against God’s people
and against the truth.”
Nqobani Blessing Nyoni - http://pathofthejust.org/considering-the-1863-chartpart-1/
“The experience of the disciples who
preached the "gospel of the kingdom" at the
first advent of Christ, had its counterpart in
the experience of those who proclaimed the
message of His second advent. As the
disciples went out preaching, "The time is
fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand," so
Miller and his associates proclaimed that the
longest and last prophetic period brought to
view in the Bible was about to expire, that
the judgment was at hand, and the
everlasting kingdom was to be ushered in.
The preaching of the disciples in regard to
time was based on the seventy weeks of
Daniel 9. The message given by Miller and his
associates announced the termination of the
2300 days of Daniel 8:14, of which the
seventy weeks form a part. The preaching of
each was based upon the fulfillment of a
different portion of the same great prophetic
period .” The Great Controversy, page 351
"Now all these things
happened unto them for
ensamples: and they are
written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the
world are come."
“The warning has come: Nothing is
to be allowed to come in that will
disturb the foundation of the faith
upon which we have been
building ever since the message
came in 1842, 1843, and 1844. I
was in this message, and ever
since I have been standing before
the world, true to the light that
God has given us. We do not
propose to take our feet off the
platform on which they were
placed as day by day we sought the
Lord with earnest prayer, seeking
for light. Do you think that I could
give up the light that God has
given me? It is to be as the Rock of
Ages. It has been guiding me ever
since it was given.”
The General Conference Bulletin,
April 6, 1903