Davy
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I believe when the earth, sun and moon reach being created 6,000 years ago, Jesus, the Creator, will return to rule the earth for 1,000 years. God does things in prophetic language. Because the earth was created in 6 days, it is appointed to man 6,000 years to overcome sin until Jesus returns for that 1,000 year Sabbath rest of trusting in Him as He rules the earth from Jerusalem.
It is hard for me to figure out when that 6,000 years ends. According to the Jewish calendar, in September their new year reached 5,786 years. By the Gregorian calendar of Constantine we are in 2,025 plus 4,004 years equals 6,029 years which is probably wrong. No wonder man does not know the day, nor the hour. We can't even figure out the year!
Uh... that's date setting for Christ's future return. Jesus said no one knows that day.
Bishop Ussher in the 17th century was actually the first one to propose 4004 B.C. as the day God formed the man Adam in His Garden. Ussher used the Biblical begets from Christ back to Adam, so the Gregorian calendar was not involved in that.
Per the same Bible chronology, 19th century Bible scholar E.W. Bullinger came up with the same 4004 B.C. dating for Adam. He also showed Jesus was actually born on 4 B.C. and died on 29 A.D. That would mean we are 1996 years from the date of Christ's crucifixion.
But we cannot go by such dating. Instead we are to heed the SIGNS Lord Jesus gave us leading up to the day of His coming, and be watching so as to not be deceived.
