about 30, or in his 31st year, when he commenced his public ministry, being at or about the end of the 80th, and beginning of the 81st Jubilee, since the creation of Adam, at or about the end of the 4th day, and in the beginning of the 5th day;-the fifth day's creation, mentioned by Moses, agrees with the 1st of the three days of Christ; and the 7th day mentioned by Moses, agrees with Christ's 3rd day, in which He is to be perfected.. 4000

The above period of 77 weeks, or 539 years, is also confirmed by the period of 62 weeks, equal to 434 years, being from the time the walls and the street of Jerusalem were re-built; from the 38th year of Artaxerxes to the time the Messiah was cut off, in the 20th year of Tiberius Cæsar

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The above period of 77 weeks, or 539 years, and also the period of 62 weeks, or 434 years, are also confirmed by the 400 years mentioned in Esdras, from the 37th year of Artaxerxes to the 30th year, prior to the 15th year of Tiberius Cæsar, which 30 years began about 15 years previous to the death of Augustus Cæsar, and 10 years before the death of Herod, when the Messiah was born, when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.

The next period of time is from the birth of Christ to the destruction of Jerusalem, 731 years, the last great Sabbatic, or week and a half, predicted by Daniel, the prophet showing that 73 years was the time, being the last great week and a half of the Jewish dispensation 4042/1/ The next period of time is 13 years, from the de

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struction of Jerusalem, to the 5th year of Domitian, when the apostle John was in the Isle of Patmos, at the time he wrote the Revelation, in the era of the Beast, 666, in the year of the world, 4056, and 87 years after the birth of Christ 4056

From the preceding, the reader will observe, that every part of the Chronology of the Hebrew text is proved, not less from the facts and dates themselves, than from the singular harmony that prevails throughout the whole of these dates and it is worthy of remark, that when the Historical Chronology of the Hebrew Bible ceased, then the prophetic time commenced, and proves itself by no less than seven prophetic, and two historical, streams of time, showing the fulness of time when Christ was in the world. The nine streams of time are the following

The first prophetic stream of time are the 77 weeks, equal to 539 years; that is, from the going forth of the commandment, to restore and build Jerusalem, being from the 2nd year of Cyrus, to the 15th year of Tiberius Cæsar, when the Messiah was anointed, being about his 30th year.

The second prophetic stream of time are the 62 weeks, equal to 434 years, that is, from the time the wall and street were built in the 38th year of Artaxerxes, to the cutting off of the Messiah in the 20th year of Tiberius Cæsar.

The third prophetic stream of time are the 400 years mentioned by Esdras, that is, from the 37th year of Artaxerxes, to the birth of Christ.

The fourth prophetic stream of time are the 666 years, from the 1st year of the captivity, by Nebuchadnezzar, in the 11th year of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, to the 5th year of Domitian, when the apostle John wrote the Revelation, being the era of the Beast, 666.

The fifth prophetic stream of time are the days of the creation from Adam to Christ, being four days, or 4000 years completed in the 31st year of Christ, and showing that the Sun of Righteousness did arise on the 4th day, according to the Scriptures.

The sixth prophetic stream of time begins with the ministry of Christ on earth, and is in agreement with the prophetic days of the Creation; and these days are mentioned by Christ, no less than three times ;the 1st, the "to day, to morrow, and the third day, when Christ shall be perfected." 2ndly. The three days and nights that Christ was to be in the earth. 3rdly. In three days He shall raise the temple. 4thly. The three measures (agreeing with the three days,) of meal, when the whole world will be leavened with the kingdom of God. The third day of Christ agrees with Moses' seventh day.

The seventh prophetic stream of time is the last great week and half of the Jewish dispensation, equal to 73 years from the birth of Christ, to the destruction of Jerusalem, which number fixes the year and month in which Christ was born.

The eighth stream of time is Historic, and comprises the Jubilean periods of 50 years; these again correspond with the above prophetic streams of time.

The ninth stream of time is the profane historic account given by Chronologers, and agrees with the above eight streams of time, when the palpable error of 25 years too much is substracted from the beginning of the time of the Grecian Empire; also, when the error that was committed in the reign of Augustus Cæsar, is corrected, by giving the true time from the death of Julius Cæsar, to the death of Anthony, 27 years, and not 14 years, as our present Chronologies have it; and by giving the true time that Augustus Cæsar reigned, after the death of Anthony, which was 30 years, and not 14 years, as our present Chronologies have it, which I have clearly proved in the preceding letter.

I shall conclude, by submitting to the judgment of the reader those discoveries which I have made, in calculating the historical and prophetical time of the Bible, and so far as I know, these are new, and may be of use to future calculators of the Chronology and prophetic Numbers of the Bible.

The 1st discovery is the 77 weeks, equal to 539 years.

The 2nd discovery is the 62 weeks, equal to 434 years.

The 3rd discovery is the 400 years, that it that it agrees with the other prophetic streams of time.

The 4th discovery is the last great week and a half of the Jewish dispensation, equal to 73 years.

The 5th discovery is, that the apostle John's number of the Beast, 666, begins at the captivity, and ends at the 5th year of Domitian, being the year he wrote the Revelation.

The 6th discovery is that, as there were four Beasts, the number 666 is to be multiplied by four, equal to 2664 years; but as the Roman 4th Beast commenced 144 years before the Apostle John wrote the Revelation; these 144 years, substracted from 2664, leaves 2520, equal to the seven times madness, or 2520.

The 7th discovery is, that every Jubilean period of 50 years, agrees with every Jubilean and Sabbatic year mentioned in the Bible, Maccabees, and Josephus.

The 8th discovery is the palpable error of 25 years too much in our common Chronologies, at the beginning of the Grecian Empire.

The 9th is the discovery of 13 years of an error too little (in our common Chronologies) from the death of Julius Cæsar to the death of Anthony.

The 10th is the discovery of 13 or 13 years too much (in our common Chronologies,) in the reign of Augustus Cæsar, after the death of Anthony.

The 11th is the discovery that the days mentioned in the 1st chapter of Genesis are prophetic of the future, because it is evident the past creation of the Heavens and the Earth have been arranged, so as to predict the creation and condition of the whole human race, during the first 7000 years of their existence on this planet.

The 12th discovery is, that the three measures of meal, and the three days mentioned by Christ, do agree with the seven days' creation, mentioned in the 1st chapter of Genesis, because, that Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, came on the 4th day, as predicted