There are more than 1500 signs in Torah (Old Test.) attributed to the return of Jesus Christ to the world. These Torah expressions attributed to return of Jesus Christ are referred to as “DAY of GOD” in Torah. Although these expressions are remarks describing a judgement day, Christian groups uses them for the day of return. So, Torah contains no direct expression as to return off Jesus The Holy Bible contains 319 expressions about return of Jesus Christ.54 Dozens of persons have derived different dates related to return from prophecies specified in the Bible and Torah. Joachim Von Floris estimated the date of return for Jesus Christ as A.D. 1290 through a word for word interpretation of the book of Daniel:

“12:11 From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, there are 1,290 days.

12:12 Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,335 days. (Daniel)

When such prediction did not come true, Arnold of Villanova, one of his advocates, shifted the date of his arrival to the year 1335. Konrad Schmidt, another spiritual leader, estimated the date of arrival as 1369, Felix Hammerlin as 1492, Pastör Michael Stiefel and Melchior Hofmann as 1533. Martin Luther estimated the date of arrival as 1590. Cardinal Nikoluas of Cusa estimated date of arrival as 1743.55

William Miller, the founder of the Seventh Day Adventism church, made a prediction based on the following line contained in Torah - Daniel-8:14:

“8:14 He said to me, “To 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be put right again.” (Daniel)

His prediction is, looking back to the history, A.D. 1843, by adding 2300 years to 457, the year of foundation order for Jerusalem.56 When Jesus Christ did not come back in that year, Samuel S. Snow, another member of the same movement, (1806-1870) explained the date of return as 22.10.1844. When return did not take place on the above dates, discussions occurred in the Adventist group and the group broke up. Caherles Taze Russel , the leader of “Jehova’s Witnesses” (1852-1916), another fragment of the foregoing group, estimated the date of return for Jesus Christ as 1914.57

When all these predictions did not come true, finally, two prophecies, two calculations and two dates have been given. The first one was calculated based on Matta-24.

“24:32 “Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

24:33 So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, right at the door.

24:34 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.” (Matthew)

The fig tree is thought to refer to the Jews and State of Israel. Thus, 2018 calculated by adding 70, a generation’s life time, to 1948, the foundation date of Israel. The number 70 was calculated based on line 34 “I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place” But, it is evident that these expressions refer to the generation that lived during life time of Jesus Christ. But, it is needless to wait until 2018 to find out whether this prophecy will turn out to be true or not. Because, they had come up with the year 1988 as the date of return prior to 1988 by adding 40 years, based on the life expectancy during the era of Jesus Christ, 1948. When such prediction did not turn out to be true, they increased the life time of a generation to 70. If the prediction does not come true in 2018, I guess, this time, they will increase the life time of a generation to 80 or 90 years. So, it is evident that they will be wrong again in their predictions. The second date which was predicted for return in modern times is 2009:

“13:5 The beast was given a mouth speaking proud words and blasphemies, and he was permitted to exercise ruling authority for forty-two months.” (Daniel)

They calculate such date as follows based on the foregoing Revelation -13. If we analyze this expression together with Daniel -9:27, they come up with the year 2009 by adding 42 weeks specified in Revelation 13 as years to 1967, when Jews took over Jerusalem:58

“9:26 Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction.

9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of that week he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt. On the wing of abominations will come one who destroys, until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.” (Daniel)

Now, we can have a clearer idea by examining the respective parts of Daniel and books of Revelation. First of all, the date given in Revelation 13 is in weeks, not in years. Based on the prophecy that Jews will be tyrannized in Jerusalem for a period of time equal to half of week written in Daniel-9 (they accept 3,5 years - 1 week 7 years), they assumed the “incoming leader” of Daniel as “monster” , the duration of tyranny has been given as 42 months, that is, 3.5 years. The writer of Revelation who perceived Daniel-9 this way calculates 3.5 years by directly mentioning about 42 months. Now, some people are coming up with a baseless prophecy by converting 42 months into 42 years. So, this prophecy is doomed to turn out to be baseless. Let’s wait and find out where they will end up.

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