Enigma of Ezekiel 4:6, or 40 Years Gapped Time

In Ez4 are found two periods of willful sin & sabbath

neglect. First is the time of 390 years. For Ezekiel
was told to 1st lay upon his left side 390 days. This
was to represent the sinful years of the whole
house of Israel. Next he was told to lay upon his
right side 40 days. This was to represent a similar
willful sin by the house of Judah. From a Hebrew
text perspective, laying upon left side is reading last to first, the right side, being vice
versa or future to present.

Looking from text of Ez1-4, this prophesy was given, "in the 5th year of king
Jehoiachin's captivity" v1:2b "unto all the house of Israel .. them of the captivity",
v3:7&11. Those taken from Jerusalem are referred to as Israel for they practiced
abominations the same as the north kingdom. It is proposed that 'house of Judah'
referred to those purified after the captivity. This prophesy is broken into 3 parts:
Ez5:12, first, Ezekiel laid upon his left side; then (2) rolled over flat; then (3rd), upon
his right side. The first was upon those judged in Jerusalem siege for 390 years
prior sins, second; were those taken captive for 70 years, third, those who escaped
captivity for a final 40 years of sabbath neglect. All this in total is a time of 500Y,
390+70+40 years.

That this time of 70 years punishment referred to 500Y is seen given by: "To fulfil the
word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths:
for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil 70 years. 2Chrn36:21" &
Lev26:34-35

70Sabbath(7Y/1Sabbath+1JubileeY/7Sabbath)=(490Y+10Y)=500Y= 390Y+70Y+40Y.

The first time of 390Y takes in the years of unfaithful kings, including Solomon's last
10.5Y, subtracting 10.5Y of Solomon's levity, leaves 379.5Y of kings after Solomon.

A simple addition of regal years from Rehoboam 1stY to Zedekiah's 11Y come to
393.5Y. To bring 393.5Y to 379.5Y, there be 14Y of coRex, by this Prophetical
method.
Usher lists Solomon's death in 975 BC and the 11thY of Zedekiah as 588BC or
388Y after death of Solomon, para850. So Usher claimed only 5.5Y of coRex.
Others claim far more. Those listed in Wiki lists a range from 335Y to 345Y or more
than 48Y of CoRex.

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F.N. Jones (2002), chapter VI.E, states that from the division at Solomon death unto
the captivity was 390Y. Jones & Usher left the 40Y as contained in the 390Y time.

Here is proposed a 70Y roll-over gap between the 390Y and Ezekiel last 40Y. At the
time of Ez writing, the 40Y would be future prophetic. These 40Y are proposed to
begin at the first rebuild decree after the 70 Y captivity unto the decree starting the
483Y prior to Christ Baptism.

A likely baptism date is 26AD, but a range from 26AD-30AD cannot be utterly
dismissed. By using 27AD, it places the start of the 69 weeks in 457BC, as follows:

Baptize |<_Dan9_>|<EZ4:6>|<70Y>|<EZ4:4>|<SolDie10.5Apost>|TempleDedication
27AD|<__483Y__>|<___40__>|<__70__>|<__379.5__>|<__10.5+17__>|TempleDedication
15Tish27AD..19Tish457BC 26Elu497BC 03Tsh567BC 12Nis946BC 09Tish974BC
1730812.5JD..1554400.47.. 1539790.78.. 1514223.82.. 1375614.37 ..1365570.20JD#

But using 26AD, places the start of the 69 weeks in 458BC, as follows:
26AD|<__483Y__>|<__40__>|<__70__>|<__379.5__>|<__10.5+17__>|TempleDedication
15Tish26AD ..Tish458BC ... etc unto Temple dedication in year 975BC

If using 29AD as Baptism date, places the start of the 69 weeks in 455BC, as
follows:
|TempleDedication|<__17+10.5__>|<__379.5__>|<__70__>|<__40__>|<__483Y__>|29AD|
Tish972BC.....______________--------______________________........ Tish455BC..15Tish29AD
Starting from a Temple dedication in year 972BC and going up 1000Y comes to
29AD.

By gapping Ez last 40Y most dates fall within a reasonable range of secular dates.
Artaxerxes I Longimanus: 465 – 457-424 BC, end the 40Y, start the 483Y
Darius I the Great: 521 – 497- 486 BC, Start the 40Y, end the 70Y
Cyrus the Great: 539-530 BC
Usher ends the captivity in 537BC, para949, or near the secular era of Cyrus
Belshazzar: 556 – 539 BC
Nebuchadnezzar: 605 – 567-562 BC Start the Captivity end Kingdom of Israel

Wehemibre Necho II (Necho II) 610–595 BC

• (c. 885 BCE-c. 865 BC) Ben-Hadad-1
• (c. 865 BC-c. 842 BC) Hadadezer
• (c. 842 BC-c. 804 BC) Hazael
• (c. 796 BC Ben-Hadad-3

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There be One (1) God Day between Dedication Temple & Dedication Christ at Baptism

At the 1st Passover after Jesus Baptism, the following discussion was made: "Jesus
answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three (3) days I will raise it
up." Then the Jews said, "It has taken forty-six(46) years to build this temple, and
will You raise it up in three days?"... He was speaking of the temple of His body.
Jn2:19-21"

Thus Jesus directly related his baptism to both a temple and day counts. The 3rd
day could also be taken in reference to that great temple mentioned in "Rev21:22,
But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple."
Scripture in 2Pet3:8 tells that one God-Day is 1000 years.

The 1000 years are broken up into following epochs, 69weeks or 483Y of Dan9,
500Y of Sin and Redemption and 17 faithful years of Solomon, 483+500+17=1000Y.
Solomon reigned as king for 40Y,1Kgs11:42. The temple was dedicated 12.5Y after
Solomon became King, so Solomon's unfaithful years are found by difference,
40-12.5-17=10.5Y. Remove Solomon 10.5 unfaithful years from Ezekiel 390Y of sin
and there remain 379.5Y of non Sabbath keeping after Solomon unto the captivity.

Solomon forsook the Law & worshipped other gods in his latter years:

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when Solomon was old... the Lord said unto Solomon,.. and you have not kept my
covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you,.. 1Kgs11:4,11 &
2Kgs23:13, neither did future kings, Jer34:14-16, 2Chrn36:21

The the start of John & baptism of Jesus is a logical place to reference a chronology. By Daniel 2:44
“And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the
kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand
forever.” Those kings described by Luke 3:1-2 &16:16 Now in the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius
Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of
Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to
John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness’... "The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom
of God has been preached and everyone is pressing into it.

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Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom

were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be
delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here." Pilate
therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You
say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this
cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the
truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” Jn18:36-37

Look at 7 God days unto New Heaven, New Earth from Adam fall.
There were 4000Y past at John. There remain
3000-1010.5=1989.5Y. Take away one Sabbath rest, the millennium.
Also accounted for are the last half week of Daniel and 7 years

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tribulation, namely 1010.5Y. Adding the 1989.5 years to likely
Baptism days, the following dates result for start tribulation:
26.75+1989.5=2016.25 past
27.75+1989.5=2017.25 past
28.75+1989.5=2018.25 past
29.75+1989.5=2019.25 future & no time to make temple
30.75+1989.5=2020.25 future
So the only remaining likely start of Tribulation is 2nd qtr 2020. If no
temple starts in 2019, this method doubtful. Although the Temple
Institute have re-started sacrifice upon a copy of Solomon’s alter.

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