I really dont know what more I can say to you Retro. I have shown you my reasoning, which is nothing more than taking all the days that are attributed in the Bible concerning the Apocalypse and adding them up. I have even gone so far as to show you why I did and and how it worked out. It is surely more reasonable than the other explainations being offered here and, unlike all the rest, it fits perfectly without having to depend on things outside the Bible to support it.
But lets get past that since I can see that this logic is not acceptable to you.
So lets look at what you have just said:
Shalom, JosyWales.
I didn't say that you "failed the Lord," nor would I accuse you of doing so, but you've only shown me what you THINK is the truth. I know WHAT you have done; I just don't think you have a VALID ENOUGH REASON for doing it! There is no mathematical reason I can see in Dani'el or Revelation that suggests it should be done! I have not "erred" to point this out to you. In fact, if I HADN'T pointed it out, I would feel as though I was contributing to the error.
(sigh) The reason the Bible says it should be done is because these are ALL and the ONLY numbers actually stated directly as time periods associated with the Apocalypse. There is more reason to do it this way than any other way I see being presented here, including your own.
Revelation IS the "Apokalupsis," the "taking off the lid" or the "uncovering." That is the name of the book in Greek. "Revelation" means a "revealing!" Take all the numbers you want, you STILL don't have a clear mandate to add them all up, as you have done! It's only "impossible for this to be coincidence" because you have ENGINEERED the calculation to be what you "expect" it to be, what you WANT it to be!
Dani'el 9 does not use the word "yowm" ("day"); it uses the word "shaavuwa`'" ("seven"). It has been translated as "week," but it really means "sevened." Since this was based upon Dani'el's study of Yirmeyahu's "70 years," this "70 sevens," 70x7, are also about years! That's the only unit of time in Dani'el 9!
Retro, have you ever actually done a word search in the Bible on the Hebrew word "Shaavuwa' "? Its easy to do. Go to BlueLetterBible.com and pull it up. You will find that this word is used 20 times in the Bible. 8 of those times it is used in Daniel. In EVERY other verse, including the 7 other times it is used by Daniel himself, it is ALWAYS meant to be interpreted as a WEEK.
Example:
Dan 10:2
In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks (
sjaaviwa').
Dan 10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks (
shaavuwa') were fulfilled.
If this isnt good enough for you, how about this:
Gen 29:28
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week (
shaavuwa'): and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
Or even here:
Deu 16:9 ¶ Seven weeks (
shaavuwa') shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks (
shaavuwa') from [such time as] thou beginnest [to put] the sickle to the corn.
In every single other place in the whole Bible that this word is used, it ALWAYS means WEEKS. Yet you are trying to tell these people that in this one place, it DOESN'T mean it? Sorry, what you are doing is a real case of engineering. Perhaps that is why you think you see it in me.
And, once again, I am forced to wonder if anyone will EVER listen to what I'm saying! Yeshua` was NOT talking in the Olivet Discourse about anything in Dani'el except Dani'el 9:24-27!!! Do you understand the genitive case in Greek? It is most often translated as that word with the beginning preposition, "of." An example would be "kingdom OF heaven." This case shows ownership or origin. Just as "son of man" means "man's son," "kingdom of heaven" can mean "heaven's kingdom." It can also mean "kingdom coming from heaven." (Technically, this is more the ablative case, but they are often the same in Greek.) The reason why I bring up the genitive case (or the ablative case) is THAT is the case that is used in Matthew 24:15! It is the "abomination OF desolation," showing ownership or origin! Thus, it is "desolation's abomination" or the "abomination coming from desolation!" That's what Dani'el's record shows in Dan. 9:27: "For the spreading out of abominations like a wing, He has made it desolate, even until the culmination!" And, that is PRECISELY what Yeshua` did in Matthew 23:37-39! Then, that desolation ultimately led to the ultimate abomination - the destruction of the Temple!
Why is that so hard to accept? So it doesn't have anything to do with the "antichrist." SO WHAT?
Everything you put forth here has no bearing on what I have shown you. Worse, you are telling us your opinion as if it is fact, unlike what I have done. It is not my opinion that all the days listed in Revelation and Daniel add up to 2300 Days. It is a true fact and easily proved as I have done.
However, you have revealed yourself in you above words. It is clear you are trying to say that the event of Daniel 9 happened already during the time of Jesus, and this it not so. Your manipulation of the word of God cannot make it so. You are wrong.
If you think I am being harsh, I am sorry, I do not mean to be so. I am sure you believe yourself to be a follower of Jesus, but you have been misled. If you do not wish to heed my words now, then at least please remember them for later. You may need them when you finally see with your own eyes the events of Daniel taking place before you.
I am sending out a warning to any that can listen.