This is baseline to establish timeframes. I will post more that ties in Isaiah and other prophecies.
Now Mr Gordon, I am parroting this. You asked me to prove up a verse but I have found more on the net to round out the picture. I don’t pay much attention to prophecy, though I do respond to it on HC somewhat because it’s always bandied about.
The Millerite's claimed that Christ would return in 1844. This led to a world wide movement and religious expectation. The foundations of Seventh Day, your own religion, Mormons to a degree and several other religions were laid in this time as a response to this.
Daniel 8:14 / 7:25 / 9:27 / 12:7
Luke 4:25
Rev 11:2 / :3 / :9 / :11 / 12:6 / :14 / 13:5 all prophecies the return of Christ. Revelation is dated from the Islamic age because Revelation is predominantly about Islam. I already knew that. Everyone of these prophesies predicts 1844.
The only religion I can find that dates from 1844 is the Babi Faith. The Bab, which means, The Gate, was a John the Baptist or Elijah type figure who paved the way for Baha’ullah who then founded the Baha’i Faith.
Rev 11:4 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. So even the fact that there were two Messengers has been fulfilled.
Daniel 7:25 is interesting. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Baha’u’llah wrote personally to the pope and great leaders of the world at that time and warned each of them what was about to befall them unless they changed their ways. To Napoleon III this is a line of what He wrote, "For what thou has done, thy kingdom shall be thrown into confusion, and thine empire shall pass from thy hands, as a punishment for what thou hast wrought."
and think to change times and laws- He then produced a new solar calendar which Baha’is live by today. 19 months of 19 days so that events fall exactly on the same day forever. And of course He wrote a whole new series of laws for this age.
I'll post some more later tonight.
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