Zechariah 14: 5-7 foretells of a final earthquake analogous to one that occurred in Uzziah's Day. The final earthquake; eventually, however, will accompany the return of Christ and his Saints (Judgment Day). There are a total 2760 years when we extrapolate from the probable date of the earthquake of Uzziah's Day in 749 BC to 2012 AD. 2760 is a factor of 92 [23 (Judgment) X 4 (four sore)] X 3 (Purpose) X 10 (Completion). We also find when we extrapolate back by 2760 years that we arrive at progenitors of Peleg (under the biblical calendar all the progenitors of Peleg in the Messianic Line of Christ were deemed to be Peleg. Peleg was deemed by the Bible as the last generation before a great earthquake. A type of the End of the World earthquake occurred when the earth was divided in the days of Peleg, Genesis 10:25.

Zechariah 14:5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

Zechariah 14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

Zechariah 14:7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

Revelation 11:11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

Revelation 11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

Revelation 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Sources for dating Earthquake during Uzziah's Day that probably occurred in 749 BC

Yeivin

The earthquake probably occurred in 749 B.C. (Yeivin 1979, 162, 168). Since Amos did not include Gath in his prophecy, and since Uzziah must have gone out and "made war against the Philistines" (2 Chron. 26:6) before he contacted leprosy, Gath must have been destroyed (not to be mentioned again) and Ashdod must have been attacked around 750 B.C., before the earthquake.

2Chronicles 26:6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

GATH (PLACE) One of the five principal cities of the Philistines. Gath was situated in the Shephelah S of its sister city Ekron (now identified with Tel Miqne) and was the Philistine city in closest proximity to the territory of Judah

Amos 1:8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

Yeivin, S.-, Dr. Shmuel Yeivin joined the Department of Antiquities of the State of Israel. The Department of Antiquities of the State of Israel was founded on July 26, 1948.

1979 "The Divided Kingdom." In The World History of the Jewish People, vol. 4, pt. 1, edited by Abraham Malamat. Jerusalem: Massada Press.

Amos - Britanica 2005

Under the impact of 3 powerful visions of divine destruction of the Hebrews in such natural disasters as a swarm of locusts and fire, Amos traveled from Judah to the neighboring richer, more powerful kingdom of Israel, where he began to preach. The time is uncertain, but the Book of Amos puts the date as two years before an earthquake that may have occurred in 750 BC. Amos fiercely castigated corruption and social injustice among Israel's pagan neighbors, Israel itself, and Judah; he asserted God's absolute sovereignty over man; and he predicted the imminent destruction of Israel and Judah. After preaching at Bethel, a famous shrine under the special protection of Jeroboam II, Amos was ordered to leave the country by Jeroboam's priest Amaziah. Thereafter his fate is unknown.

The Factor 92 (23 Judgment) X 4 (four sore) is relating to Jerusalem (the natural habitat of those supposedly associated with God, but yet are not necessarily saved):

Ezekiel 14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

The Bible identifies three true believers, Noah, Daniel and Job which typify all the true believers as going through the Four Sore Judgments (these three men were in it) but were delivered (protected by God).

 

Ezekiel 14:14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 14:15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

Ezekiel 14:16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

Ezekiel 14:17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

Ezekiel 14:18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

Ezekiel 14:19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

Ezekiel 14:20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

Ezekiel 14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

Period

92 as Key Factor

Time Period or Referenced Event

9,200 Days - Destruction of Spiritual Babylon

92 X 100 (Completeness)

Av 1, 5747 - July 27, 1987 to Tishri 15-16, 5773 - October 1, 2012*

6,900 Days - Earth became Dry on Cheshvan 27,1993 to the Final Harvest (2012)

92 X 75 (Completed Number of Jubilees)

Cheshvan 27, 5754 - November 11, 1993 to Tishri 15-16, 5773 - October 1, 2012*

2,300 Day Av 1, 1987 to Cheshvan 27,1993

92 X 25

Av 1, 5747 - July 27, 1987 to Cheshvan 27, 5754 - November 11, 1993

*

Tishri 15 after 6 PM counts as new day, though under our reckoning of time it would still be the same day if recognized as 24 hours from 12 :01 AM.

Start of Jewish day: While it appears that, initially, the Hebrew day was reckoned from sunrise to sunset (Lev. 7:15-17), later when the new moon was used to determine months, the day was determined from sunset to sunset (Lev. 23:32; Neh. 13:19). At the time of Christ the day started at sunset. That is why the Jews were anxious that he and the two thieves crucified with him died before sundown because the morrow was a "high day" (John 19:31).

92 years Death of Hazel 801 BC to destruction of Israel 709 BC

92 years

801 BC to 709 BC

46 years typified as 4,600 Days - 46 Years Captivity to Destruction of Babylon

92 X 50 (Completed Harvest Cycle)

587/586 BC to 539 BC

23 years typified as 2,300 Days - 23 Years Death of Josiah to Captivity

92 X 25

609 BC to 587/586 BC

Ship Wreck of Paul Boat Sinks oh his way to Rome 276 were on board -**Note below)

92 X 3

God sometimes use the number count of people in reference to a time period or a spiritual picture of a specific event, see the two examples below:

42 followers of Ahaziah attempt to give homage to King Jehu but are slew at the pit by Jehu:

Kings 10:14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them

Seven Billion come into Judgment on Judgment Day:

Revelation 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand [5505. chilias] and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

The world population as estimated by the US Census will reach 7 billion in the year 2012. The Tenth as used in the Bible and in Revelation 11:13 signifies "all" the world. Thus all of the World is slain (judged) on judgment day, except for the remnant of people whom God has saved.

**Note

Separate studies will be presented later detailing the periods of Paul's Ministry in relationship to the possible return of Christ in the year 2012.

Notes

1.

Although years are not referred to in the Genealogies of Genesis, the biblical timetable chart accurately arrives at the Years of the Genesis Genealogies (Example Eber’s Generation) by treating the time of the generations as the entire life span of the Patriarch Eber which ends with the birth of the next Patriarch Peleg.

2.

It was celebrated immediately after the harvest, in the month Tishri, and the celebration lasted for eight days (Lev. 23:33-43). During that period the people left their homes and lived in booths formed of the branches of trees. The sacrifices offered at this time are mentioned in Num. 29:13-38. It was at the time of this feast that Solomon’s temple was dedicated (1 Kings 8:2). Mention is made of it after the return from the Captivity. This feast was designed (1) to be a memorial of the wilderness wanderings, when the people dwelt in booths (Lev. 23:43), and (2) to be a harvest thanksgiving (Neh. 8:9-18).

The birth and death of Peleg is keyed to a literal (physical destruction of earth and universe) and spiritual (division of Harvest) Earthquake that brings the destruction of the four sore judgment to the physical organized churches (typified as Jerusalem on Earth):

 

Genesis 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Ezekiel 14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast

Matthew 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

 

Also, when we extrapolate from 3,153 BC the actual birth year of Peleg to 1988 Adar 1 5748 (February 19, 1988 the most probable date for the spiritual flood beginning in the physical organized churches/ beginning judgment of no later rain), there are a total 5,140 years. 5,140 is a multiple of 4 (four sore judgment) X 5 (judgment) X 257 (the 257th day from the date of the beginning of Early Rain on Tishri 16, 5748 [1987-88] is the Summer Solstice). The Summer Solstice occurs on June 21, 1988 which is the astronomical beginning of Summer. The beginning of Summer for the Church Age is the absence of latter rain. Note; the church age could still experience a Pentecost Harvest in 1994, since this harvest is not dependent on latter rain, also see the 2 seasons of spiritual summer one productive (outside the physical organized churches) and one unproductive (inside the physical organized churches).

If we add 257 days from Tishri 16 , 5748 [1987-88 - the Start of the Early Rain Season is associated with this day] we arrive at Tammuz 6, the Summer Solstice [June 21, 1988].

Name

Reg. Year

Gregorian Equivalent

Note

Tishri

15 days

September-October

29 days

October-November

Kislev)

30 days

November-December

Tevet

29 days

December-January

Shevat

30 days

January-February

Adar

29 days

Nisan

30 days

March-April

Iyar

April-May

Sivan

30 days

May-June

Tammuz

6 days

June-July

Total

257 days

In addition, when we extrapolate from 2914 BC the actual death year of Peleg to 2012 Tishri 15 -16, 5773 (October 1, 2012), there are a total 4,925 years. 4,925 is multiple 25 (25 weeks is the division of complete season of 50 weeks) X 197 (59 + 50 + 88) 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.

 

  • 59 - Division of early and latter rain. There are 59 days of latter rain
  • 50 - identified with the Pentecost harvest there is a division between the completion of the Pentecost Harvest (early rain) and the Feast of Ingathering (latter rain) Harvest
James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.