Babylon's carrying away of the captives in 597 BC involved the cream of Judah's military force and her most skillful craftsmen as they had to abandon their land and homes to go into exile. The carrying away of these captives in 597 BC was typified as harvested firstfruit "firstripe" in Jeremiah 24:2. The firstfruit harvest is identified with Pentecost.

Jeremiah 24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

Jeremiah 24:2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

Jeremiah 24:3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Jeremiah 24:4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Jeremiah 24:5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.

10 years latter the Final assault came on Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon which lasted for 7 months from Tevet 10, 588/87 BC (Surrounding of Jerusalem by the Babylonians) to Av 10, 587 BC (Temple Destroyed).

2Kings 25:1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

The Temple was destroyed on Av 10, 587 BC.

Jeremiah 52:12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,

Jeremiah 52:13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

In Ezekiel 33:21 one who escaped the destruction of Jerusalem arrived in Babylon five months later and told Ezekiel about the fall of Jerusalem. The tenth months is in December 587/586 BC. The carrying away of Jews from Jerusalem is typified as firstfruit. The absence of latter rain in Judah insured that spiritually there would not be a Final harvest in Judah (Summer to the Feast of Ingathering). The same predicament occurs to the physical organized churches (tiller of vineyard who replaced national Israel) as their harvest activity is preempted by the absence of latter rain.

 

Ezekiel 33:21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

 

 

 

Pentecost (firstfruit) is on Sivan 6. The beginning of Summer on Sivan 16 is 10 days from Pentecost (firstfruit). Summer to the feast of Ingathering is a period of 16 weeks. Summer beginning is also a period associated with the longest day, as we have learned from our previous study. When we examined the earth's latitude in the world's primary location of agriculture harvest and populations, we discover the longest day is also associated with a length of 16 (16 hours). The beginning of summer 1996 is 10 days from beginning of the final (firstfruit) Pentecost 1987 * + 10 = 1996/1997. This parallels 597 BC (beginning of firstfruit harvest) - 10 = 587/586 BC.

*note the Pentecost Harvest can be sealed in time, before actual completion and was a harvest of 7 weeks(1987-1994).

10 days from start of Final Pentecost Harvest to Summer diagram

 

16 Years (Summer to Feast of Ingathering)

70th Week

Jewish Years

5757 Tishri (beg. of Year)

5772/5773

587/586 BC

539 BC

1995/1996 /1997AD

2011/2012AD

48 Years (3X16)

2550 (3X50X17) Years-(a)

2581 (29 X89) (4 months to Harvest)-(b)

END OF THE 23RD HARVEST YEAR-(c)

Babylon (flood) Destroyed

7,000th Year (4989 BC - 2012 AD) End of Flood

Beginning of the 24th Year 5773

Spiritual Babylon (flood) Destroyed

Isaiah 59:19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him

Notes

Period

Explanations

(a)

539 BC - 2012 AD
2,550 years is comprised of the factors: 3 (Purpose) X 50 (Complete Harvest Cycle) X17 (Heaven)  
The Jews that obeyed the commandment and became captive produced a harvest outside Judah, similar to the true believers who produce a summer to the feast of ingathering (Final Harvest) outside the physical organized churches, due to lack of spiritual latter rains in the physical organized churches.. 
Jeremiah 29:28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.  
The 13,024th year (Tishri 2012) is comprised of the factors: 4 (the complete end) X 11( the final harvest hour/year) X 296 (59 days of Latter Rain + 119 Early Rain + 118 days Sivan 16 thru the Feast of Ingathering)

(b)

587/586 BC - Tishri 1996 AD

The factors of 2581 years are 29 and 89. The sum of 29 and 89 equals 118. Note: the summation of numerical factors between times of significant Biblical Events sometimes may provider us with a Biblical Time Path to the (End of the World) Return of Christ Example 1 and Example 2. 586 BC would have been the first harvest year Babylon after Jerusalem was destroyed in 587 BC (586 BC + 2581years) = 1996 AD.

(c)

2011-2012 AD

The Bible indicates a beginning (Fall seedtime) and ending year is associated with the Ingathering (Completion of Harvest -Fall-Tishri 15).

 

Exodus 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast  gathered in thy labours out of the field.

 

A year consist of 12 or 13 months (depending on whether solar or lunar years are used).

EXAMPLE

Year 2011

Year 2012

11013 BC (Fall) + 2010 years = beginning of final fall (Rain Season) for the 23rd Harvest Year) or 2011 AD

11013 BC (Fall) + 2011 years = end of final fall (Final 23rd Harvest Time) or 2012AD

Under our Gregorian calendar, the 1st month (January) is the beginning of 23rd year in 2011 and the 12th month December is the end of 23rd year in 2011. The end of the 23rd year is the beginning of the 24th year ( January 1, 2012). There are 24 January to December years from Jan 1, 1988 to December 31, 2011 (does reflect a full 23 YEARS or end of the 23rd Year). However, no Biblical evidence that years should be recognized from January 1 to December 31 under our Gregorian calendar.

Jewish (agriculture)

 

The final harvest is typified by 23rd year end of Harvest Season (Final Tribulation a period of 24 years) not the beginning of (beginning of the Rain Season) of the 23rd year. The end of the 23rd hour is the end of day for a 24 hor day, as we see in Revelation 9:15.

 

Revelation 9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men..

 

This concept also parallels the Laborers that were hired at the 11th hour (fiinal hour of the day) in Matthew 20:6.  The end of the Laborers' day did not come  at the beginning of 11th hour but 1 hour (a year /12-months) later (the end of the day 12th hour-even come Matthew 20:8).

 

Matthew 20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

Matthew 20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

Matthew 20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.