Elijah's amazing prophecy in the Talmud

I received this email from Jim Bramlett the other day and thought it was interesting. I realize that the Rapture could occur in the next 20 minutes or the next 20 years, but this just serves to illustrate the urgency of the hour and the nearness of His coming!

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Elijah's amazing prophecy in the Talmud
Jim Bramlett
Feb 15, 2008


Dear friends:

I have never been very good on calendars and dating and have often been confused by all the "experts" who insist their calculations are correct and everyone else's incorrect, but this morning I was attracted to the following post on the Five Doves Web site:
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/feb2008/lauren215.htm

This post linked me to http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=16401, which is quoted in part below. I cannot attest to the author's accuracy or conclusions, but if they are true, they point to the Day of Atonement, 10 Tishri (October 9) 2008, as the end of the prophesied 120 Jubilee (50-year) cycles from Adam, marking the end of the age.

The below is just an excerpt. For the full article, click on the link below.

Speculation: If the Day of Atonement, 10 Tishri (October 9) 2008, is the end of the prophesied 120 Jubilee (50-year) cycles from Adam, marking the end of the age, then it seems to me the rapture could be at any time before that, such as in the Spring of 2008 as many believe.

Jim
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Excerpt from http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=16401

ELIJAH'S AMAZING PROPHECY

Now, let's take a look at these prophetic words of Elijah: "Elijah told Judah, the brother of Sala Hasida, 'The world will endure not less than 85 Jubilees, and on the last Jubilee the Son of David will come'" (Talmud, Sanh.97b). Elijah the prophet stated quite clearly that the Messiah the Son of David WILL COME ON THE LAST Jubilee year!

This passage quotes the words of ELIJAH THE PROPHET. HE STATED QUITE CLEARLY that the Messiah the Son of David will come ON THE LAST Jubilee!

What does "not less than 85 Jubilees" mean?

The "world" Elijah was speaking of was "this present evil world." The Bible speaks of the "world that then was," the pre-Flood world, and "the world that now is," this present world is the post-Flood world. The post-Flood world began in the year 2344 B.C. but AT SOMETIME after the new post-Flood world began, the population of the earth began to go astray. WHAT caused it and WHEN did this 'Great Rebellion' occur?

DO THE MATH

If we count this time period of 85 Jubilees from the first year of Peleg, whose name means "division," as THE BEGINNING OF THE REBELLION, and ULTIMATELY THE "DIVISION OF THE EARTH", then the period of 85 Jubilees prophesied by the prophet Elijah would be 85 x 50 years. 85 x 50 = 4250 years

Subtracting (85 Jubilees) or 4250BC - 2243BC Peleg's birth as the beginning of rebellion = 2007 +1 (no year zero) = 2008 AD, THIS PRESENT YEAR!!

The division of the earth occurred BECAUSE OF THE SIN of the tower of Babel. Therefore the tower of Babel construction, and destruction, and division of the earth, occurred during the time of Peleg. You can read the Biblical account of this event in Genesis 11:1-9

Thereby starting our count from Elijah's tower of Babel rebellion prophecy in 2243BC, the year Peleg was born and during his time the earth was "divided", we find 85 Jubilee periods THAT COUNT OUT in 2008 A.D.!!!

The 6000 years of man are 120 'years of jubilee' cycles that began with the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden with the FINAL 'year of Jubilee' beginning 10 Tishri 2008 A.D. kicking off the Millennial reign of Yeshua- this very year!

End of excerpt
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Comment: If the above it true, then the Tribulation could take place at the beginning part of the Millennium, a possibility explained scripturally by author Marvin Byers. In summary, Solomon's reign was symbolic of the coming Millennium, and in the first few years of his reign Solomon had to take actions to purge and clean up the kingdom (1 Kings 2), after which "...the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon (v.46).