Brother Jeff,
In Future News, May, 2008 you stated:
“The starting point for the 2,520 was as William Miller pointed out, 2 Chronicles 33:11. The actual carrying of the citizens of Jerusalem into Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar is dated as 607 or 606, depending on which reckoning one employs. (It is interesting that the Millerites marked 607 as the beginning of the time which concludes with the “great jubilee” as they identified it. The great jubilee was 50 cycles of 49 years equaling 2,450 years. If you start at 606-7 and go forward 2450 years you come to 1844. (The Millerites marked the year 1843, but we know that they had not correctly identified the year zero [Editor’s Note: Jeff understands now that there is no such thing as the zero year. The mistake made by the Millerites was that they did not understand the full year concept].)
In any case, some stumble over Miller marking 677 as the starting of the 2,520 when they are familiar with Judah being carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, but the prophecy that the Millerites identified as beginning with the carrying into captivity is the great jubilee and the 70 years of Jeremiah 25:12.”
I need a little bit more background to this topic: The year 607 is very new for me. We know that Judah went into captivity in the year 677. What happened in the year 607? If 607, is the date, then we have to add the 2,520 from this year, right? Miller marked 607 “as the beginning of the time”. What time? Why do some stumble over 677, “when they are familiar with Judah being carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar”? What has the jubilee to do with the 70 years of Jeremiah 25:12? Please give me a quick answer, if possible, because I do not want to have any possible mistake or open question in our German translation. God bless you, hope to see you soon, your WB.
Response
Dear WB,
The 2520 against the southern kingdom began in 677 as identified in 2 Chronicles 33:11.
At that point the Assyrians carried Manasseh to Babylon, but Manasseh repented for a time and the Lord allowed him to return to Jerusalem. Later Nebuchadnezzar came and conquered Jerusalem. The date that Nebuchadnezzar brought about the final conquering of Jerusalem was 607-606. This started the 70 year time prophecy of Jeremiah 25:12. These are two different time prophecies. Jeff.
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