Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1897.] "THE GAMRu: Drscon:av·" 507
yeRr. As • the ft>1111t of wet-kR' wAS the fiftieth day, or the day
foJiowin~ a IIPries of ~o~evt-n wet>ks of days; 110 the year of Jubilee
wAS th~:~ ft>AAt 11f Wf'ekR of Jlear~n DaniPl inqni•·ed of God eoncerning
t.he11e RevPnty yearR ( D~tn. IX.), the AnJlfll Gabriel came while he
was • c!onff'RIIing the 11in of lllnel,' and said, • &venty w~ks
Hre dt-tA>rmined upon thy people to make an encl of sins.' He
then divides the ~~aventy wet>kll into three parts, and gives the
RJlJllic•Atinn. Rut the ~~eventy wf!eks are nnt only weeks of yean,
bnt also sevent.v .Juhilf'f's, or ~~eventy timeR tbe period of a feast
uf Wf'Pkll uf ~'f'ltrll. The 11in of Danielj people was with them
wlwn tht>y firRt entt>l'f'tl tb~ land ( Ezek. xx.); but the Reventieth
.J nloi)~ intrrulncw11 them to the FtmRt of Booths, a gracious dis­
}... lltmtiou whic,h maktlll • an end of 11in11,' ancl cleanses the
pt>nplco for God'" clwf'llin~. See the typic-.al representation of
th .. c·lcoansing prnc't->1111 in NnmherR XXIX. 18-34: the •ymmat
hnllel(•kll' rf'prtillf'uting thf' 11in of the people (Lev. VIII. 2), which
Jrradnally cliKappear.c fr..m cla.v to day until in • the ei~hth day'
the l""')'le ~tre d .. au, • a Rw...-t ~~avour unto Y ahveb.' The whole
umnllt'l' uf lmllcx•k~o~ nff .. r..cl for Rin throughunt the seven da.ya
wa~o~ llt'Vt'nty. r.-prt'IIPnting the RC'Cnmnlatetl transgressions of
I s1·a .. J in the ~~t>venty .J u hilee periocl,..
The sevcon Sahhati.·al 1otep11 are, l. The Seventh day. 2. The
Ft'~tllt of wt-ekll. S. The Seventh month. 4. The Seventh year.
5. Tht! .J n hi lee. 6. The Great .Jubilee. 7. The Sabbath
uf Et..rnal Re11t.
:o't>\'t'Uty .J nlti) ...." ltl'f' llf'\'t'llty times fifty ~·e~trR, or 3500 years,
making thf' Br .. at .Juhilflt' c•nme in A. D. 1874.
· lut .. rv~tl f1·um tht> ExuclnK to the Foundation of Solomon's
T••111ple' (H.. ~tn11rt Puule i11 Dt·. Smith's Dic!tionary of the
B. ule-artide • Clll'unulugy ') oStl yeat-s. Subtract 40 years in
th~:~ wilclet·ne~o~R; leaving fmm the entrance tel the hmcl to foondatiun
of Temple ........... •. ...•.•... 598 yt>ara
Frum fmm•latiun uf tt'mple, to beginning of the
•"8Ven time11.' the 22ncl vear of 1\ta.nasseh. B. C. 8!)2 "
'
•Time of the EnJ.' by Bliii~J) B. C. 676 tu A. D.
676 ( chrunolngie~t of Hales •• Jarvi~t aucl Bliu-
1874, both inclut~ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2500 "
Great Jubilee Periocl ....•..• •. •.... 3500"
In ~even Times, or 2556 S-4 yearil, are 51 .JubileeR, or 2550
yeat·s. whiclh f1·om B. C. 676 reawhes to the la.ott year of Jubilee,
A. D. 1874.
RIGN OF THJo: COVENANT.
The sign of Gocl'K covenant with Abraham and his seed,
was circumcision. But that was only preliminary to another
aign,- the Sabbath. The second was designed to au_persede
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