Talk:2040s

2043 (take 1)
Hello -- It was suggested by editor HiLo48 that I seek here for an editor to discuss a listing on this page that he was reticent about. Following is the intended addition under the year 2043, the portion within double parentheses.

(( 2043 will see the close of 6000 years of human history, according to the count of years in the Hebrew Old Testament. This may be readily computed by placing the construction of Solomon's Temple (1 Kings 6:1) at 966 BC, a widely accepted date based on the work of Edwin Thiele in the mid 20th century. From 966 BC count back 2992 years to the first man, as given in the Old Testament record (1656 Adam to the Flood, 427 to Abraham, 430 to the Exodus, 479 to 1 Kings 6:1.) This places the first man at 3958 BC. 6000 years forward takes one to 2043 AD. ))

That is the listing I wished to make. Following is an explanation. This is not original research. The periods 1656, 427, 430, 479 are readily attested in many sources and have been for many years, for they are taken directly from the Old Testament. The essential research was by Edwin Thiele establishing the date 966 BC. Today this date is widely credited. (I personally studied it closely for several years -- it is approved by Kenneth Kitchen of Egyptological fame, David Rohl of Archaeological fame, and countless others -- it is the standard.) The date even appears in a footnote in the NIV Study Bible.

The Subject Itself

It may seem an odd subject to persons that have not been involved with it. But the subject itself has moved entire segments of Christian society -- western society -- over centuries. It motivated Isaac Newton's very deep research for his book "The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended." On Wikipedia you can find an article "Religious view of Isaac Newton" including his conclusions that the Millennial Kingdom could begin in 2060 or 2034.

In the early 1800s William Miller, founder of the Adventist Movement (of which there are various branches) changed the course of Christianity with his studies pointing to the close of 6000 years. In the later 1800s Charles Russell, founder of the Watchtower Society, did likewise. These are two major forces within Christianity of the last two centuries. (I am not an Adventist, and I am not a member of the Watchtower Society -- I am merely pointing out the significance of this subject upon western Christian society.)

The importance of the close of 6000 years according to the Hebrew Old Testament was expressed as early as the 1st century ad in an early Christian writing, "The Epistle of Barnabas." It was held by some Jewish theologians before that (and thus came into the Christian discussion).

It is not some arbitrary question. It is not like asking when 3000 years, or 4000 year, or 5000 years end -- the significance of the question is unique to the end of 6000 years, because of the special place the "Seventh Millennium" has held for centuries in both Jewish and Christian thought.

The point is not whether one agrees or disagrees with Genesis. The point of posting this is that the question has been a deeply meaningful one to Western Jewish and Christian thought for a long time. And now (because of the study of Edwin Thiele of the last century), the question can be resolved.

Is it agreeable to proceed with this posting?

Should we modify it in some way?

With interest -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 06:00, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

2043 (take 2)
Hello, all -- It has been a week since my last message above. So far, no objections to my proposal, apparently. I believe I have addressed all concerns. (1) The original research was by Edwin Thiele of last century, (2) All the other components (Adam to Flood, to Abraham, to Exodus, to Temple) have been recognized for centuries, (3) The subject has been of deep interest and influence in Western Jewish and Christian circles for a long time -- even Isaac Newton was concerned about the subject. (4) It is not a matter of accepting or otherwise the Hebrew Old Testament, as you will know, a posting does not need to agree with an editor's personal views, but to address a subject of meaning and significance and depend on previous published studies.

I think the post I suggest passes all the requirements.

Any comments? If not, then in perhaps another week I will venture to post the content under 2043.

Thank you -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 22:47, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

2043 (take 3)
Hello, no concerns voiced, so I will proceed with the posting. Thank you -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 23:32, 12 May 2020 (UTC)


 * It's not just that no concerns were raised. NOTHING was raised. That does not mean the community supports your addition. More likely, nobody saw this proposal. There's no need to rush. See There is no deadline. HiLo48 (talk) 00:18, 13 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello, HiLo48 -- Thank you for your reply. I thought that you -- and anyone else active on the subject "2040s" -- would be notified of any new change, such as my comments above on this Talk forum. (1) Is that correct, or am I mistaken? In which case I supposed anyone interested would see my replies to any concern, and reply with any further concerns. (2) I thought I had answered your concern about "reliable sources." Should I respond to this concern afresh? (3) How should I proceed with this? Sincerely -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 18:55, 13 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Editors aren't explicitly notified of changes to articles they're interested in. I have this article on my Watchlist, which means I can see when it changes if I look at my Watchlist, but I have a lot of other articles there, so I could easily miss it. I suspect that not too many editors are watching this one. It's a long way in the future. Which reinforces my point about there being no deadline. HiLo48 (talk) 00:36, 14 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Ok, thank you -- So any comments on questions (2) and (3) above? -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 20:36, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello, HiLo48 -- A week has passed, without reply. How should I proceed? -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 06:38, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I looked up above, and saw mention of WikiProject Years. I've placed a request on that Project's talk page, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Years to see if I can attract some more eyes. HiLo48 (talk) 06:52, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
 * thanks for this inquiry. as per Hebrew calendar, the current year according to the numbering system from the Old Testament is 5780. so the year 6000 is still 220 years away. I appreciate the post here on this subject. I hope that's helpful. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 13:10, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello, Sm8900 -- Thank you for your comment. The Hebrew Calendar is not the issue. Everyone knows it is many years off in the Persian period, and elsewhere. It is the now widely accepted work of Edwin Thiele that 1 Kings 6:1 dates to the spring of 966 bc, that is the original research at issue here. From Adam to Solomon the periods are defined -- 1656 to the Flood, 427 to Abraham entering Canaan, 430 to the Exodus, 479 to 1 Kings 6:1. (And attested in many published sources for a long time.) When these well defined periods from the Old Testament are strung backward from 966 BC, and then 6000 years are projected forward, we get the year 2043 for the end of 6000 years from Adam. The point of our post is that the original work of Edwin Thiele -- as I say, now widely accepted -- provides the long studied result. (Edwin Thiele was a professor Semitic studies, he was an original researcher of the Assyrian historical tablets, and connected them to the intertwined testimony of Kings and Chronicles.) By long studied -- I mean Isaac Newton and scores of thoughtful prophetic writers have plied these waters since, and others before. The concern for this issue dates back to at least the late BC era. Newton's results were within decades of the right answer -- now we can be more precise. After abundant centuries of discussion -- it really does merit notice in the brief post proposed. Is it agreeable that we proceed? -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 08:28, 16 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello, HiLo48 and Sm8900 -- I have not heard anything further for a week. I believe I have kindly replied to every concern. Shall I proceed? The subject has been of deep interest to Christian researchers for some centuries, including some of the brightest minds of history, Isaac Newton among them. The original research of Edwin Thiele, widely accepted today, now resolves the question. Which is -- According to the Hebrew Old Testament, when will 6000 years close? The subject seems worthy of notice, and the evidence is straight forward. Shall I proceed? If there is no objection, then I will submit the post. Thank you -- Sincerely -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 00:05, 24 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello, HiLo48 and Sm8990 -- No reply for several days, so I will proceed. Thank you both -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 20:30, 29 June 2020 (UTC)


 * If you provide a reliable source to back up your claim then we can look into adding it. We are not going to go by your word on this just as we wouldn't for any other editor as that is called original research. So please provide us with a book.... attributed to a noteworthy author is desired, or maybe an academic source? We need something to verify what you say is true. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 00:52, 2 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello, Knowledgekid87 -- Ok, I had wished to keep the entry brief, but let me source it better. Here following is the post I propose, everything within double parens, with footnotes. The only real "new" information is the original research by Edwin Thiele. The other figures from the Hebrew Old Testament are long standing. Please advise if this entry would be agreeable. Thank you -- David Rice


 * (( 2043 will see the close of 6000 years of human history, according to the count of years in the Hebrew Old Testament. This may be readily computed by placing the construction of Solomon's Temple (1 Kings 6:1) at 966 BC, a widely accepted date based on the work of Edwin Thiele in the mid 20th century.{1} From 966 BC count back 2992 years to the first man, as given in the Old Testament record (1656 Adam to the Flood,{2} 427 to Abraham,{2} 430 to the Exodus,{2} 479 to 1 Kings 6:1.){3} This places the first man at 3958 BC. 6000 years forward takes one to 2043 AD.


 * {1} Edwin R. Thiele, "The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings," copyright 1951 by the University of Chicago, Eerdmans Publishing Company, Revised edition, October, 1965. On page 55 of the 1965 edition, Thiele puts the 40th and last year of Solomon running from "Tishri 931 to Tishri 930" BC. Thus his year four would be from Tishri 967 BC to Tishri 966 BC, so that the spring of Solomon's fourth year, when he founded the Temple (1 Kings 6:1), would be in 966 BC. This date has been widely supported since. See Eugene Merrill, "Kingdom of Priests, A History of Old Testament Israel," 1991, page 293, "The temple was begun in 966 [BC]." Also Kenneth Kitchen, "On the Reliability of the Old Testament," 2003, Eerdmans Publishing Company, Table 7, page 83. The NIV Study Bible cites "966 BC" in a footnote to 1 Kings 6:1, as fixed by "events in the reigns of later Israelite kings and Assyrian chronological records."


 * {2} "Studies in the Scriptures," Volume 2, 1889, pages 43, 44.


 * {3} 1 Kings 6:1 (from the Exodus in the spring, to year number 480 in the spring, was 479 intervening years). ))DavRice (talk) 06:41, 2 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello, Knowledgekid87 -- It has been a week since my revised proposal above. I have endeavored to cover the concerns raised. Is it agreeable that I proceed with this entry? Please advise. If no comment after a few more days, we will proceed. Thank you -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 19:01, 9 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello, Knowledgekid87 -- No comment after several days, so I will proceed. Thank you -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 09:32, 14 July 2020 (UTC)


 * I reverted your addition. An absence of responses is not the same thing as consensus. Your comments above addressed to Knowledgekid87 probably haven't been noticed. I suggest you have a read of Help:Notifications to learn about how to ping other users. HiLo48 (talk) 11:53, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello, HiLo48 -- I don't think in this case that Knowledgekid87 was unaware. On my talk page, and on his, there have been interactions, leading to the comments above. I think I have responded agreeably to every concern. But let me ping him and you on this -- to determine whether perhaps Knowledgekid87 was unaware of my replies to his concerns. Thank you -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 05:00, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello, All -- It has been more than two weeks since my last input here, and it seems timely to proceed. I have modified the proposed post to accord with the concerns expressed. Perhaps a lingering concern is that the post I propose references the Bible. If one does not value the Bible personally, it is understandable that one may not be enthusiastic about this post. So please bear with a further explanation. The question itself is: "When do 6000 years from Adam close, according to the Hebrew Old Testament." The question is a long standing one that has concerned literally millions of people from the first Century AD forward. The matter is referred to in Christian writings in the first century. The matter was of interest to many in the 800s ad era, at the time of Charlemagne. It continued of interest for centuries, and was a significant factor in the Adventist Movement of the early 1800s, whence derived Seventh Day Adventists, which today number in the millions. It was a motivating factor in the Watch Tower Society during the 1970s, and before, and that group also numbers in the millions. The issue is of interest among Mormon Christians, and they also number in the millions. I am not a member of any of these three groups. I cite them only to evidence that the question has had thoughtful meaning to Western Culture for centuries, and continues so. It was a matter of deep, focussed attention for Isaac Newton, so that he wrote a book on history to narrow down the solution. And many other bright minded, notable figures of Western Culture. What we have today is a resolution of the question -- for good or bad, meaningful or meaningless -- because of the original research of Edwin Thiele, now widely accepted, securing the time of 1 Kings 6:1. I was urged to document this -- so I have, in the proposed post. I was urged to specify leading contemporary scholars today that concur with the original research of Edwin Thiele of the 20th century -- so I have. I was urged to document the periods leading to 1 Kings 6:1. It was a reasonable request -- so I have complied with that also in the proposed post. It seems timely to proceed. I have endeavored not to rush, but to be moderate, temperate, amicable. So let me wait a bit further. And in a couple of days further, I will proceed. Thank you -- Sincerely -- David RiceDavRice (talk) 09:11, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

I don't think this date is actually important to any of these Christian denominations in modern times, and obviously for most people in the world, who are non-Christians, it's meaningless. I asked a former Mormon and they said there's generally doubt in the LDS church that any of the datings back to Adam are accurate, and quoted Matthew 24:36 talking about the return of Jesus: "But of that day and hour knows no man, not the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but My Father only". If this is a notable concept historically, it might be worth covering in other Wikipeida articles like Millennialism, but I couldn't find any mention of it. It would be helpful to have quotes from reliable sources establishing its notability, given that there are a huge number of these types of predictive dates, most of which attract negligible attention and none of which have ended up predicting any actual events. I'm removing the claim from this article for now. -- Beland (talk) 18:16, 28 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello, Beland -- This has been discussed at length, and yes, the subject has been important to Christian writers since the beginning of the Christian age. There has been so much discussion on this, leading to the posting, that it seems good to reinstate the post, and if you wish, to discuss the issues. But yes, the end of 6000 years per the Hebrew Old Testament has been of concern to millions of Christians for centuries. And continues to be. I have written three treatises on this, and given services in the US and abroad on various occasions to audiences who consider this a matter of deep import. And yes, it has been a motivating influence on millions of Christians for a long time. DavRice (talk) 07:10, 3 October 2020 (UTC)


 * "This has been discussed at length" No, it has not been DISCUSSED at length. You have talked about it, to a degree I would now describe as far too much. I have responded several times, in far fewer words, NOT supporting your proposal. A couple of other editors have made brief comments, but nobody has agreed with your posting. I am afraid this is now looking like an obsession on your part. I am going to revert that addition again, and strongly recommend you drop this. HiLo48 (talk) 07:34, 3 October 2020 (UTC)


 * If this date is in fact important to millions of Christians, it should be easy to find that fact (not merely the dating itself) in reliable third-party sources. So far you haven't pointed to any that do that. -- Beland (talk) 08:00, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Beland and HiLo48 -- I appreciate that for those who are not coming from a history of thought in this area, it might seem of little consequence. But it has been a subject of interest from the earliest Christian times. In previous discussions, as far as I know, I have responded to every concern. And I have modified my suggested post because of the concerns raised -- not merely insisted, but modified in response to the reasonable concerns raised. I also augmented the original simple listing to include published sources, as requested.

HiLo48, perhaps your concern is that this subject pertains to the Hebrew Old Testament -- and you consider that unreliable for anything today. I understand, many would agree with you -- but of course many would respect that document, and if it shows something meaningful, a brief notice of it seems a reasonable thing for the very expansive Wikipedia to include.

Beland -- Your concern, if I follow correctly, is that it is not a subject of suitable interest to deserve posting. Let me tender three comments concerning this that I hope will be helpful. (1) Not many years ago there were predictions about 2012 based on the Mayan Calendar. I remember them circulating at the time. There is an article on this on Wikipedia, I found it just now while googling, "2012 Phoenomenon." Concern for 6000 years from the Jewish Old Testament has been of interest for a far longer period of time, and to more persons. Would it not perhaps merit the brief posting suggested?

(2) As to the cultural historical interest in the ending of 6000 years, here is something from the Jewish Encyclopedia, subject "Millennium." (( R. Ḳeṭina and a baraita make the interesting statement that the 6,000 years of the world will be concluded by the seventh thousand of the Messianic kingdom. In the passage in Yalḳuṭ. already quoted, this same view is ascribed to two tannaim of the second century. Both of these chronologies are based on the calculation found in Ps. xc. 4 ("For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday"), a comparison of which with the account of Creation formed the basis for the 6,000 years of the duration of the world, while the Sabbath corresponded to the seventh thousand, that of the Messiah. ))

We mentioned in previous discussion that this came in very early into Christian thinking, in the Epistle of Barnabas. We also mentioned in previous discussion the interest of Isaac Newton in the same subject for the same reason. You can find this in the wikipedia article "Religious Views of Isaac Newton," observe in particular footnote 43 in that article.

(3) For our comment that it has been of interest to many in modern times also, there is a Wikipedia article "Jehovah's Witnesses 1975," which explains that that group, which has a worldwide following, predicated there expectations for the year 1975 on the close of 6000 years from Adam.

The point of our simple posting is that this issue, which has been of interest to Jewish and Christian thinkers for a long time, and which has impacted many people even in modern times, can now be resolved. Whether one thinks that the Hebrew Old Testament is correct or not -- for better or worse -- it now can be resolved. That should be of sufficient notability to include the brief listing. Today we can resolve the question of when the long inquired of 6000 years, from the Hebrew Old Testament, in fact do end. The resolution hinges on the results of the historical work of Professor Edwin Thiele of the 1900s -- as we have explained in detail in previous discussions.

I think that this answers all of the concerns. But if not, please advise, and we will endeavor again. Thank you DavRice (talk) 20:04, 3 October 2020 (UTC)


 * It's pretty obvious to me that this HAS been resolved. No other editor agrees with adding your proposed content. Please read WP:CONSENSUS. HiLo48 (talk) 01:36, 4 October 2020 (UTC)


 * The English Wikipedia article Jehovah's Witnesses 1975 does not exist. The Religious views of Isaac Newton article mentions 2016 and 2060 but not 2043. The quote from the Jewish Encyclopedia does not mention 2043. The Epistle of Barnabas is not part of the New Testament; I don't think any of the Christian sects you mentioned consider it to be sacred scripture. None of these sources give any evidence that 2043 is an important year to "millions of Christians". Even if that were true, it's dubious that meets the "almost certainly will happen" threshold required by WP:CRYSTAL, given the vast majority both Christians and non-Christians find this claim to be either wild speculation or (along with the rest of Christianity) pure fiction. -- Beland (talk) 03:43, 4 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello, Beland -- Sorry, I confused my google search title with the Wikipedia page title. The Wikipedia page is "Unfulfilled Watch Tower Society predictions." There you will see the reason for their 1975 expectations was their view that 6000 years would close with that year. Just to be clear -- the point we are discussing here, was your concern about notability. That is the point of referring to the Wikipedia article about the Watch Tower -- to show that the ending of 6000 years, according to Hebrew Old Testament, has been a subject of meaning to many people in modern times. It was also meaningful to William Miller in the early 1800s, who spawned the Adventist Movement. It was not new with him, he followed a long tradition among Christian thinkers that were motivated to understand when 6000 years would end, because the 7th Millennium was something special. This does resolve the concern about notability, correct?


 * You observe that the Isaac Newton article does not mention 2043 -- I did not intend that it did. The subject is notability of the issue of 6000 years from Adam from the Hebrew Old Testament. The source about Isaac Newton shows that he considered it a subject of meaning -- this goes to notability. The Epistle of Barnabas is to express the same thing -- to show that from earliest times, Christian thinkers saw the end of 6000 years, whenever it would come, would be significant. That was the point of your question, right? Notability.


 * The quotation from the Jewish Encyclopedia goes to the same point -- Notability. It is relevant to Notability, right? That was the question raised, Notability, right?


 * (( None of these sources give any evidence that 2043 ... )) That was not the question. It was the notability of 6000 years. 2043 is the resolution of the question about 6000 years, a resolution that those of past times did not have -- so clearly they would not mention it. The post itself gives the evidence for 2043, piece by piece -- I supplied that evidence because I was asked to do so in past discussions, which continued for some time. I pleasantly complied with every request. We now have the date 966 bc for the Foundation of Solomon's Temple, from the work of Professor Edwin Thiele. We have explained that this is a widely accepted view today, among those who respect the testimony of the Old Testament Record. We cited Professor Kenneth Kitchen on this, a scholar of considerable reputation. We observed the NIV mention of the same date in their footnote on 1 Kings 6:1 to evidence that Edwin Thiele's findings are widely accepted.


 * The remainder -- years from the beginning up to Solomon's Temple -- have been known for a long time -- the famous Usher's Chronology used the same for centuries -- and, because we were asked to do so, in our post we cited references from the 1800s that express the same. We have had that for centuries. What we did not have for centuries was a fixed date to attach it to -- which we now have through the studies of Edwin Thiele.DavRice (talk) 04:37, 4 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Sources that talk about dates other than 2043 don't support the addition of a predicted event in 2043. They might support mentioning the 6000 year thing in an article on Christian eschatology or millenialism. So far you haven't mentioned any sources that say anyone actually believes Thiele. -- Beland (talk) 19:49, 4 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello, Beland -- (( So far you haven't mentioned any sources that say anyone actually believes Thiele. )) This is a reasonable inquiry. But, yes, I have. This was very much part of the previous and lengthy discussion that led to the posting. Here is the support for it, which we put in a footnote on the posting, in response to this concern by previous editors. Here is that note -- (( {1} Edwin R. Thiele, "The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings," copyright 1951 by the University of Chicago, Eerdmans Publishing Company, Revised edition, October, 1965. On page 55 of the 1965 edition, Thiele puts the 40th and last year of Solomon running from "Tishri 931 to Tishri 930" BC. Thus his year four would be from Tishri 967 BC to Tishri 966 BC, so that the spring of Solomon's fourth year, when he founded the Temple (1 Kings 6:1), would be in 966 BC. This date has been widely supported since. See Eugene Merrill, "Kingdom of Priests, A History of Old Testament Israel," 1991, page 293, "The temple was begun in 966 [BC]." Also Kenneth Kitchen, "On the Reliability of the Old Testament," 2003, Eerdmans Publishing Company, Table 7, page 83. The NIV Study Bible cites "966 BC" in a footnote to 1 Kings 6:1, as fixed by "events in the reigns of later Israelite kings and Assyrian chronological records." ))


 * Notice the three references given to support Edwin Thiele's pivotal date of 966 bc. (a) Eugene Merrill, (b) Kenneth Kitchen, (c) the NIV Study Bible. Of Merrill, Wikipedia says "Eugene Haines Merrill is an Old Testament scholar who has served as a distinguished professor of Old Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and 2010 president of the Evangelical Theological Society. Wikipedia." Kenneth Kitchen is a legendary Egyptologist of England, also in Wikipedia, which says this of him, "Kenneth Anderson Kitchen is a British biblical scholar, Ancient Near Eastern historian, and Personal and Brunner Professor Emeritus of Egyptology and Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, England. Wikipedia" These are highly credentialed scholars. I added the note from the NIV Study Bible to evidence that the date by Edwin Thiele is widely recognized -- as the NIV is perhaps the most prolifically distributed Bible today. Very sincerely -- DavRice (talk) 07:46, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Do any of those sources mention 2043? -- Beland (talk) 19:12, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello, Beland -- (( Do any of these sources mention 2043? )) No, all of the sources mentioned focus on the date 966 bc, and do not endeavor to connect this finding further to the Old Testament Record going backward. As far as I can observe, these sources did not pursue the 6000 year concept one way or another.


 * The benefit of Edwin Thiele's research is that it connects a double cord of testimony from the Old Testament (the Kings of Judah with the Kings of Israel), together with an independent double cord of testimony from the historical records of Assyria (the Assyrian King List intertwined with the Assyrian Eponym list). The unifed testimony of all four cords of testimony is what gives special strength to the history.


 * It is the text 1 Kings 6:1 that serves to connect the Hebrew Old Testament record from older times, up to the time of Solomon and his temple, thus connecting the thread to the work of Edwin Thiele.


 * I mentioned earlier that Ussher's chronology, a staple of Old Testament history from the beginning up to Solomon's Temple, has been around for not quite four centuries. Anyone concerned with the count of years in the Hebrew Old Testament knows of this work, it has been foundational for more than three centuries. On Wikipedia I see an article titled "Ussher Chronology" which reports his date for Adam of 4004 bc, and his date for Solomon's Temple of 1012 bc -- as counted from the Hebrew Old Testament -- a span of 2992 years.


 * In our post about 2043, because editors asked us to do so, we cited also a work from the 1800s, "Studies in the Scriptures," Volume Two, which reflects the same 2992 years. This part is not new.


 * What is new is the date of Solomon's Temple fixed by the work of Edwin Thiele, confirmed by various scholars, which dates the connecting link -- namely Solomon's Temple from 1 Kings 6:1 -- to 966 bc. With that date, simply connecting the Hebrew Old Testament years of 2992 up to Solomon's Temple means 3008 years remain to complete 6000. And 3008 years forward from 966 bc take us to 2043 ad. -- DavRice (talk) 02:21, 6 October 2020 (UTC)


 * If no published, reliable sources say that millions of people think something significant is going to happen in 2043 because it's 6000 years after some other thing, then I'm afraid we can't take the word of a Wikipedia editor that this is the case. Connecting rather separately supported ideas to reach this conclusion as you have above is original research, which is not permitted for inclusion in Wikipedia. Given the history of such predictions, it's also almost certain that nothing special will happen in 2043, and so this claim would fail the "almost certainly going to happen" threshold at WP:CRYSTAL anyway, so I don't think there's much point in continuing to research this for inclusion in this list. -- Beland (talk) 06:04, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Year 6000
Aha! I have discovered that we actually do have an article on this topic, Year 6000. And actually there's a notable related future event which we can date with certainty - the beginning of the year 6000 in the Hebrew calendar, which it turns out is actually in 2239. I've mentioned that and linked to this article from Timeline of the near future. It would be interesting to add Christian perspectives to Year 6000, including disputes about the "correct" dating of the creation of Adam. I have added links to, Religious views of Isaac Newton, and Millennialism. If Thiele makes a calculation of when the Hebrew calendar "should" start himself, it could be mentioned, but if it's just a dating of the temple, his work should be explained at Solomon's Temple...where actually it's already mentioned under "Further reading". It sounds like there may be a dispute as to the year of the temple's start of construction or dedication, and that article should explain any such disputes and stabilize a consensus before we start pondering the implications of that for the calendar. Hebrew calendar is also missing information on how the start year was determined and whether or not that's disputed. -- Beland (talk) 07:47, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

If a decision is complete, then I will desist. If the door of reason remains ajar, then I will continue. Please advise. -- DavRice (talk) 07:13, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how to interpret that. -- Beland (talk) 14:14, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I find it hard to interpret the words "If the door of reason remains ajar..." as anything but a failure to assume good faith among other editors here. HiLo48 (talk) 23:59, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello, Friends -- Nothing untoward was intended. That is not my spirit. Thank you for your discussions, but perhaps time for me to wish you well and back away. Thank you -- DavRice (talk) 04:10, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I would certainly recommend you do that. Go and look at other areas of Wikipedia that you're interested in. There are millions of articles. I can guarantee you can make improvements elsewhere, even it's it's just fixing spelling errors. That way you will get a better feel for what our expectations and conventions are here. HiLo48 (talk) 04:36, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, Hebrew calendar actual has info on epoch dating issues, as do Missing years (Jewish calendar) and Dating creation. -- Beland (talk) 02:48, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

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Understanding the Biblical texts about the Time Of His Coming

Dan 8:11, Mat 24:15-16, Mark13:14, Luke 21:20-21, all informs us that the final desolation of all the desolations is the destruction of the Temple, because without the temple the Jewish daily sacrifice was taken away. Then the saint in Dan8:12 asked how long shall this be and was told 2300 evening and morning (for in the kingdom of God in heaven is believed to be of light forever shining creating no space for darkness, therefore no night, but evening and morning is given in the tense where the bible says the light of the night shall be as the light of the day, while the light of the day will be seven times brighter ). One evening One Morning makes up a day. Understanding the philosophical meaning about the days of the Lord God in relation to the days of man.

2Pe 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Dan 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? Dan 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. Dan 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.

Therefore as 2300 literal days makes up 2300yrs, which marks the end of the great Tribulation after which the sanctuary shall be cleansed (The Sanctuary is the Church/Christians while Christ himself is the Host whom invited his church to become as one body in him, but the sanctuary of Christ our Host was not corruptible for sins lives not in him, therefore death could not hold him, while the church, the wife of Christ was corrupted by sin and death was the mark of her uncleanness, but at the end of the appointed days after being trodden under foot for 2300 years the Church will be made whole/cleansed for truly thus the gate of hell shall not prevail, when all eyes to see that day, will behold Peter arose out of the temple of Jupiter in Rome... ) as Christ himself said in;

Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

He Himself also prophetically talked about the Three Great Days unto the time of his coming in; Luk 13:31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. Luk 13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. Luk 13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. Luk 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! Luk 13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Prophet Hosea of Old also tells us about these Three Great Days in his Book ;

Hos 6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

Here we see that Christ (nor the Prophet) was not talking about three literal days, for he lived many days after he said the statement, nor was he talking about the three days of him in the grave, for he was talking of the works of the living, but he was philosophically talking about the days his religion yet to be born then will exist. Therefore with this understanding since the AD calendar marks the era of his incarnation in flesh, then the year 2000/2001AD logically marks the end of the second day and the beginning of the third day to come to an end in the year 3000AD, but Christ is expected to come back before the end of the third day to restore his sanctuary (bodies of his believers.)

Christ also told his apostles about the time of the desolation of the Temple and its city unto the time of the end (his second coming)

Mar 13:1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! Mar 13:2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Mat 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Dan 8:12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Although a valid read of the History of the Jewish War written by Flavius Josephus in 75AD will show you the picture of the Fall of the Temple of Jerusalem in 70AD on the 10th of Av (Fifth Month of the Hebrew calendar,) According to the anniversary of the day of the first fall of the Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BC

Eusebius Pamphilius in his Church History Book, informs us about the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, which was recounted by Matthew and Mark; 'But the people of the church in Jerusalem had been commanded by a revelation, vouchsafed to approved men there before the war, to leave the city and to dwell in a certain town of Perea called Pella. And when those that believed in Christ had come thither from Jerusalem, then, as if the royal city of the Jews and the whole land of Judea were entirely destitute of holy men, the judgment of God at length overtook those who had committed such outrages against Christ and his apostles, and totally destroyed that generation of impious men.'

The daily sacrifice of the Jews was finally taken away in the year 70AD by the Romans as a flame that was lit by Caius, Herod Agrippa and was passed on unto the hand that finally made desolate the Temple and the City of the Jews, because of the rebellion of the Jews against them for honoring their God over them as gods. For this is the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet in which Mathew required us to gain its understanding because the fulfillment of the prophecy occurred in his own very generation, as Christ also said before his crucifixion that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

Watching/Calculating the Days

Therefore adding 2300 years to 70AD of the year of the Temple fall, will bring us to the year 2370AD. But the bible calendar makes 360 days for one year just as a perfect circle is 360 degree, contrary to our 365/366 days a year. Therefore to make up for these days, 2300yrs times 5 extra days gives us 11500 days and 2300 divides 4 leap year gives us 575 days making a total of 12075 extra days which when converted to biblical years gives us exactly 33years, 6 months and 15 days. (Could this be the number of days Christ actually lived in flesh) Therefore removing this extra days from 2370AD brings us to half a month, half a year of the year 2336 AD, in which the 2300 days to be fulfilled. To conclude this matter,

we should remember that Christ also gave a parable about the time of his second coming, when he said the parable about the thief, because the thief usually operate when his victims are asleep;

Luk 12:39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

For before light was, there was darkness and God following this order makes his days to start at the evening and ends the next evening., therefore if a day in the sight of God is like a thousand years in the sight of men then the first 500yrs fall into the evening (night) while 501-1000 is the morning (day)

Therefore as prophecy had spoken Christ will come back to earth a little after mid night of the third day, since his return to heaven, as 300 years of 1000 years (a day), falls in between the time of the night.

Scientific Cross Checking

Among many signs Christ had given us to precede the very time of his second coming was the saying that immediately after the end of the 2300yrs of the great tribulation which began in 70AD, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Therefore as we have calculated the time of the great tribulation to come to its end in the year 2336AD, lets us watch out for scientific predictions for solar and lunar eclipse within that year and Bingo! on moonblink.info because Total Lunar Eclipse is expected to occur on 25 Jun, 2336 AD, https://moonblink.info/Eclipse/eclipse/2336_06_25 while Total Solar Eclipse is expected to occur on 9 Jul, 2336 AD https://moonblink.info/Eclipse/eclipse/2336_07_09