“Sabbath Rest” pattern from Adam to Christ (Exiles)

November 25, 2021November 6, 2021 by Dean Coombs

This document explains the many charts posted six weeks ago.

For the charts that go with this post, please see:

Prophecy in Charts: Jesus is our Sabbath Rest Sept. 25, 2021

Update: The day after posting this, someone commented in the below comments section about a similar article posted in an Israeli news source one day earlier. The similarities are extremely interesting — a sign of what will happen in 2024/2025?

Jesus is our Sabbath rest

God commanded that every seventh day was to be a day of rest. Moreover, God commanded that the land must rest every seventh year. Also, every seven times seven years was the jubilee, (Lev. 25-27).

The commandment to rest from our works was fulfilled when Jesus came. Jesus is our Sabbath rest, Heb. 4. When someone rests in the finished work of Christ on the cross, they thereby obey the intent of the Sabbath commandment. They enter their rest.

And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world. For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.” And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”…

There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Heb 4:3-5, 9-10

Footnote: Because Christ accomplished the Sabbath and is "Lord of the Sabbath", outward keeping of special days or years is optional for the children of heaven because the kindom of God is both now and is to come. Thus, we are children of two days, the 6th and 7th day, which is why we "struggle" ("6th day") to enter our "rest" ("7th day"). 

For those in heaven, the 6th day has wholly passed and there is no more struggle. The eternal 8th day that "comes down from heaven" is described in the last two chapters of the Bible.


How can one day overlap another?


As we shall see, there are two New Years in the book of Exodus. One is in spring and the other in fall. This results in the 49th and 50th years of the jubilee to overlap.

“This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. (That is, Abiv/Nisan, at the start of Spring.) Exodus 12:12

 “Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.[b] Exodus 34:21-22.

("Ingatherings" is in early autumn, thus "the turn of the year" refers to the start of autumn. Click on NIV footnote for confirmation.)

"Rosh Hoshanna" literally means, "The head of the year".
Hence,"Should I keep the Sabbath?"

It depends where your Head is at!

The astonishing prophecy that Jesus is the Promised Land and that we must rest in Him

In Leviticus chapter 25, God explains sabbath years and jubilees in great detail. Both are based upon cycles of sevens after the pattern laid out at creation. God created all things and finished with Man on the sixth day, and on the seventh day, God rested from all His works.

Below is a short video by The Bible Project that illustrates this.

The first exile is a pattern of exiles afterward

Man sinned and was driven out of paradise towards the east, to work by the sweat of his brow. This is the first exile in the Bible. All future exiles will follow its pattern. They culminate in the exile of Christ, and in his death, resurrection, and ascension.

After explaining Sabbath years and jubilees in Lev. 25, God warns Israel about what would befall them in the future, according to their deeds. He first speaks of the blessings that would follow if they obey, but then five times explains the curses, each one “seven times” worse than the previous. Below is what God says at the end of these warnings. Pay attention to the letters in bold regarding “the land enjoying its sabbaths”. The length and timing of future exiles derive from it.

I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out my sword and pursue you. Your land will be laid waste, and your cities will lie in ruins. Then the land will enjoy its sabbath years all the time that it lies desolate and you are in the country of your enemies; then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths. All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not have during the sabbaths you lived in it. Lev 26:33-35

…‘But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness and their hostility toward me, which made me hostile toward them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies—then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin, I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. For the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees.

Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them or abhor them so as to destroy them completely, breaking my covenant with them. I am the Lord their God. But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the Lord.’ ”

Interconnecting 70-year periods between exiles and returns

All this happened as God warned.

First, the Northern Kingdom of Israel went into exile, and then the Southern Kingdom of Judah.

Judah went into exile in several waves. Finally, in 586 BC (or 587) Jerusalem fell and the temple was burned. This happened about 140 years after the siege and exile of the Northern Kingdom (725-721 BC).

Judah then went into captivity for one jubilee (49 years) until they returned again in 538/537. However, “70 years” passed before the temple was finally rebuilt due to a 21-year delay, (586, 537, and 516 BC), (Zech. 1-2).

Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem after another 70 years (516 to 445 BC), which is 70 x 2 from the fall of the Southern Kingdom and 70 x 4 from the fall of the Northern Kingdom. “445 BC” is also a terminus a quo of Daniel’s “70 weeks”, (Dan. 9).

They set fire to God’s temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed everything of value there.

He carried into exile to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:

“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:

“ ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord their God be with them.’ ” 2Chron. 36:19-23

Quick Recap of Daniel 9

Daniel quotes from the prophet Jeremiah about the “70 years” foretold to occur that span from the first exile (605 BC), Dan. 9:2.

In Daniel 9, God lays out the structure of Sabbath rests and exiles over the ages, culminating in the coming of Messiah, “the Anointed One”. In Daniel’s prophecy, 490 years is broken down into ten jubilees of 49 years and also into 7 generations of 70 years. (All this has been explained in numerous articles already.) The last seven years in the 490 are especially important.

For our purposes, note that Daniel 9:2 with Dan. 9:24 furnishes us with a simple formula. If people rebel and do not keep the Sabbath year, then they go into exile according to the number of missed Sabbath years. One year in seven must rest. Therefore, for every seven years of rebellion, one year of exile occurs. Thus in “490 years” the land must rest 70 of those years.

420 + 70 = 490

That is, for every six generations, the seventh will be spent in exile.

However, does only the land of Israel belong to the Lord?

No!

‘All the earth is the Lord’s.’

Did Messiah come just for the Jew?

No, but for all the sons of Adam.

Therefore, when the book of Hebrews refers back to creation concerning the Sabbath rest, we infer that the principle laid out in the Bible is true, not just for the Jew, but for the whole world.

God calculates the missing Sabbath years all the way back to Creation. And the Book of Hebrews makes clear that no man has kept the Sabbath in God’s eyes since the day Adam was driven out of Eden, (neither the Sabbath day nor, consequently, the Sabbath year).

Footnote: Extra-biblical books, such as the Book of Jubilees and the Book of Enoch particularly speak of cycles of seven years as predating Moses, as do artifacts left behind in the genealogies of the Samaritan Pentateuch and LXX, as well as our Hebrew Bible (MT). In this article, we stick to the Hebrew Bible, the one you use!

Footnote: The LXX & SP drop half-430 years in the span from Abraham unto the Exodus so that Abraham lived from 1951 - 1776 BC instead of 2166 - 1991 BC. However, both dates are integral to the numeric of God: From Abraham's birth in 1951 unto 586 AND 446 BC is 3.5 x 390 AND 3.5 x 430 years. (Moreover, from his death are 3.5 x 360 (1260 years) to 516 BC, Ezek. 4, Rev. 11-12. Also see "1150" years of Dan. 8, 1876 - 726 BC). 

However, the LXX has "150" and "190" instead of "390" and '430' in Ezek. 4. No problem! From when Abraham was born are also 3.5 x 150 to 726 BC and 3.5 x 190 to 586 BC! 

Astonishingly, Abraham's call out of Babylon in 2091 BC (of MT) unto 726 and 586 BC repeats this pattern except using the 390 & 430 of your Bible. 

Thus, Jesus, "the Son of Abraham" bore on His side the sins of Israel (726 BC) and Judah (586 BC) as prophesied by Ezekiel (ch. 4). He reconciled the two kingdoms in Himself including their opposing numeric. ("3.5" speaks of the dividing of seven as one divides a perfect sacrifice, Dan. 9:24-27; Gen. 15:10.)

This document explains the many charts posted six weeks ago. Please see,

Prophecy in Charts: Jesus is our Sabbath Rest Sept. 25, 2021

72 jubilees from Creation to 586 BC

In the below chart, notice that the New Year in the Bible is both at the start of the Spring and the Fall. Moses was 80 when the plagues came upon Egypt, which lasted about half a year. Two verses will suffice to show the presence of the two New Years, both were acknowledged by Moses.

“This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. (That is, Abiv/Nisan, at the start of Spring.) Exodus 12:12

“Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.^[b]Exodus 34:21-22

(“Ingatherings” is in early autumn, thus “the turn of the year” refers to the start of autumn. Click on NIV footnote for confirmation.)

Much can be said about the below chart. However, for now, let’s focus on just the three exiles in green as illustrated by the three images. Observe that the pivotal event of the fall of Jerusalem occurs in 587/586 BC.

However, 587/586 BC is 72 jubilees from creation! (4114 to 586 BC). This makes 587/586 BC the crosshairs of not just the 70-year exile that makes up for Israel’s missing Sabbaths, but this is also the same year when all mankind, the sons of Adam, are obliged to make up for their missing Sabbaths — all the way back to Creation!

Footnote: In the Bible and ancient literature, "70" and "72" are the full number of gentile nations. Thus, "72 jubilees" from Adam is most fitting!  This also agrees with the implications of Hebrews 4.

Jesus fulfills what is lacking

In 72 jubilees there would accumulate 12 jubilees of years missed, (i.e., 588 years).

As per Daniel 9, in “490 years” there are 70 missed Sabbath years, i.e., 1/7th. Therefore, 1/7th of ’84 x 49′ equals the 12 jubilees. Thus, there are 72 jubilees to 586 BC and 12 more to AD 3 that accounts for the missing Sabbath years. Hence, from Adam to Christ are 588 missed Sabbath years, which is 12 jubilees, presumably one jubilee for each tribe in Israel agreeing with the “72” as symbolic of the Gentiles.

Jesus rehearses the exiles at birth and becomes our return back from captivity to God.

He is “the Israel of God”.

He is “the Second Adam”!

He reconciles in one numeric both Gentiles (“72 jubilees”) and Israelites (“12 jubilees”).

Jesus fulfilled this pattern on the occasion when Herod killed all children in Bethlehem “two years old and under” and when He returned from Egypt, (Matt. 2:16). Christ was a mere child of about two when He returned from Egypt. According to traditional dating, Christ was two years old in 2 or 3 AD.

Out of Egypt, I called my Son, (Matt. 2:15).

The below chart uses the traditional date for the birth of Christ, one that is entrenched in our very calendar. (Our present year “2021” is based upon it.) Thus, it cannot be argued that I concocted a date for the birth of Christ to fit the pattern. However, I do believe that Jesus was actually born about one Sabbath cycle earlier, that is, about 6 BC. As we shall see, both dates fit the Daniel 9 blueprint.

You can calculate for yourself the date of the Creation easily from your Bible by counting backward from 1446 BC, the standard Exodus date. This date is excepted by most scholars and found in most Bibles the past 40 years, (i.e., 1446 BC – “430 years in Egypt” – 130 (birth of Jacob) – 60 (Isaac) -100 (Abram) -292 (Flood) -1656 = spring 4114 BC (or fall 4115).

Interesting side points

The Book of Revelation telescopes the birth/exile of the child and mother with His death, resurrection, and ascension. The math includes this telescoping of events (where the intervening period of 33 years is committed), but we will not go into all that now.

She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days. Rev. 12:5-6

Notice that the total missing Sabbath years from Creation to Christ equals 4116 years, which is 7 x 7 x 7 x 12. (The three sevens signify divine perfection and the 12 represent the 12 tribes of Israel and the government of God. Jesus stands in place of both Israel and all the sons of Adam.)

Thus, one-seventh of 4116 is 588. The earth from Adam thus lay desolate symbolically this last 588 years until Christ came, from 587/586 BC unto 1 or 2 AD. Also, the siege of Jerusalem began two years before the exile. Likewise, Christ was born two years before He came out of Egypt. Thus, both two-year periods are also 588 years apart, which is 12 jubilees (7 x 7 x 12).

Below is the same chart, except expressed slightly differently. Hopefully, these two additional charts help to explain the main chart.

There are more charts! For all the charts that go with this post, please see:

Prophecy in Charts: Jesus is our Sabbath Rest Sept. 25, 2021

Questions and Answers

Many may have questions.

Que. What is the significance of the cycles of six jubilees (294)?

Ans. As seen in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and also mentioned in the Book of Jubilees, “294” was considered a perfect priestly cycle. Among other things, The Enoch calendar with its 364 days loses exactly one full year every 294 years. (364 + 1.2422 = 365.2422, and 1.2425 x 294 = 365.21)

According to the Book of Jubilees, Enoch, himself, was in heaven “294 years”.

And he was moreover with the angels of God these six jubilees of years, and they showed him everything which is on earth and in the heavens, the rule of the sun, and he wrote down everything. Jubilees 4:21

Thus, 587 BC to 2 AD is 588 years, when Christ was two years of age. However, this is when Christ was born if one uses a strict 364-day year. (587 to 1 BC is exactly “588” x 364 days, but 586 solar years).

Que. Why is it not exactly 4116 years from Creation to Christ at two years of age?

Ans. It is! According to tradition, Christ was born 1 BC, Dec. 25th (Julian) at the winter solstice. From the average of the two possible dates for the creation as 4115 Autumn and 4114 Spring are exactly to the day 4116 years (7 x 7 x 7 x 12).

I believe that the Magi and scribes knew of the date of Creation as 4114 BC (among a few other possibilities) as based upon the Exile (586 BC) and Exodus (1446 BC), as deduced by jubilee calculations, that this was why Herod killed the children “two years old and under”. Herod knew of the importance of the period of the weaning of the Messiah in prophecy . A child was weaned “2 years old and under”.

Que. But you said that the actual date of Christ’s birth was seven years earlier. Why?

Ans. Most scholars place the birth of Christ at about 6 BC as based upon the date of when Herod’s temple began (20 BC) and according to when Herod died. However, some say that Herod died later than 4 BC, if so, 1 AD becomes a legitimate possible date for the birth of Christ. You can research these things yourself.

The thing to remember is that according to Daniel 9, the last seven years of the grand jubilee of 490 years is especially important, as would, thus, the seventh seven-year cycle in a regular jubilee, especially because we are referring to the missing Sabbath years all the way back to Adam.

Thus, the final seven years in seven cycles of 588 years is like a grand crescendo. About 7 BC to AD 1 was of extreme importance. Also, remember that the Sabbath year begins at the end of the sixth year, thus placing the clock back an additional year, as early as September of AD 1.

Que. What about the other exiles?

Ans. Even a cursory look at the chart shows that all these exiles are intertwined into one comprehensive and extremely complex pattern.

For example: As said, from 4115/4114 BC to 587/586 BC are 72 jubilees (72 x 49). However, they came out of exile in 538/537, one jubilee later, and thus 73 jubilees from creation.

It might not seem obvious right away, but what is happening is a combination of all calendars, the 336-day year of the priests, as well as the 360, 364, and 365.25. (72 x 49 is 3.5 x 3 x 336.) And 72 is also related to 360 as 73 is to 365, and we have already looked at the 364.