READ Proverbs 30:1-6
Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
-- Proverbs 30:5 (NIV)
Someone has said, “If you want to know what happened yesterday, read the newspaper; if you want to know what happened today, listen to the evening news; if you want to know what will happen tomorrow, read the Bible.”
One of the most compelling Bible prophecies is found in the ninth chapter of Daniel. It predicts the Messiah will come 483 years after King Artaxerxes decreed the rebuilding of Jerusalem, as described in the second chapter of Nehemiah.” This is summarized in a commentary by Pastor John MacArthur.
“If Daniel is correct, [from] March 14, 445 BC to April 6, 32 AD is gonna be 173,880 days. Well, let’s think about it. From March 14, 445 BC to April 6, 32 AD is only 477 years and 24 days. So we’re a few years short. We have to deduct a year because 1 BC and 1 AD is the same year. So we really have 476 years and 24 days. Now, we have to convert to our calendar of 365 days, so we multiply that all out, plus 24 days, and we get 173,764; and we’re still short. But we have Leap Year every four years. So 476 divided by 4, gives us 119 Leap Years, so we add 119 more days to 173,[7]64, and we get 173,883 days, 3 days too many.
“You say, “Close is good enough for me.” Close is not good enough for God. Sir Robert Anderson went to the Royal Observatory in England and he found out that according to their solar calculations, a year is 1/128 of a day longer on the calendar than a solar year. So every 128 years, we have to lose a day. And if you’re dealing with 483 years, that’ll be 3 of those. So you drop those out and you have 173,880 days. Just exactly as the Word of God said.”
April 6, 32 AD is the day Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem riding on a donkey, otherwise known as Palm Sunday.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The word of God is flawless.
Prayer: Father in heaven, thank you that we can trust in your Word, the Bible.
Prayer Focus: SKEPTICS
Rick Stockwell is employed as an IT Program Manager, teaches Sunday school for kindergartners, is an elder at his church, has been married for thirty-five years, and has two children and five grandchildren.
Rick is also the author of two novels in his Heavenly Realms series called The Wall and The Battle. Audio, eBook and paperback versions are accessible via this link: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07HQ8G3MJ
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