CHRONOLOGY OF THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES

3298

Start of the Threescore and ten years of indignation referenced by Zechariah

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586

3309

Probable end of the seige of Tyre after 13 years

6

575

After conquering most of the world, Nebuchadnezzar has dream of Tree cut down and banded for seven times

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575

The following month (probably shown by the Daniel being astonied for one hour)

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574

Nebuchadnezzar returns to power

7

Known Babylonian Invasion of Egypt in 37th of Nebuchadnezzar

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3322

Probable date of the death of Nebuchadnezzar 2

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3345

Cyrus marches on Babylon, begins redirecting the river Euphrates

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3350

End of Babylonian Reign of 70 years, Start of 2400 evening mornings of Dan.8.

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534

End of the threescore and ten prophesied in Zech 1:12

from HyperHistory by Arno Peters:  ARTAXERXES 484 - 425 BC King of Persia.   Artaxerxes I was king of the Achaemenid kingdom in Persia. He succeeded his father, Xerxes, to the throne in 465 BC. Artaxerxes reign was generally peaceful and he showed tolerance toward the Jews. But he had to supress several revolts in Egypt and Bactria. The Athenians had supported the revolt in Egypt but in 448 a peace treaty with Greece ended the fighting.

Start of Daniels prophesy of 70 weeks

Neh. 2:5-8 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah; And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

This is Xerxes II of history.

3551

The Reign of Alexander the Great BC 333-321

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333

 Rollin Vol. 2:18 Antigonus penetrated into his [Perdiccas'] design, [Perdiccas desired to marry Alexander's widowed full sister Cleopatra, who was beloved by the Greeks in order to gain control of the empire] and evidently foresaw that his own destruction was to be the foundation of the intended success. He, therefore, passed into Greece with the greatest expedition, in order to find Anitpater and Craterus, who were then engaged in a war with the Aetolians, and disclosed to them the whole plan that Perdiccas had formed. Upon this intelligence they immediately came to an accommodation with the Aetolians, and advanced towards the Hellespont, to observe the motions of the new enemy; and in order to strengthen their own part, they engaged Ptolemy, governor of Egypt, in their interest.

Rollin II: 34 "With this entry into Babylon commences the famous era of the Seleucidae, received by all the people of the East, as well Pagans as Jews, Christians and Mahommedans. The Jews call it the Era of Contracts, because when they were subjected to the government of the Syro-Macedonian kings, they were obliged to insert it into the dates of their contracts and other civil writings.
 

He was to be strong above him (the King of the North, Seleucus.) Of Ptolemy Soter's 40 years reigning in Egypt, 2 of them were from 323-321 when sent their by Alexander, before the Notable Horn's death.

Rollin II: 55 "Towards the close of this year died Ptolemy Soter, king of Egypt, in the eighty- fourth year of his age, and two years after resignation of his empire to his son. He was the most able, and worthy man of all his race, and left behind him such examples of prudence, justice, and clemency, as very few of his successors were industrious to imitate. During the space of near forty years, in which he governed Egypt after the death of Alexander, he raised it to such a height of grandeur and power, as rendered it superior to the other kingdoms. He retained upon the throne the same fondness for simplicity of manners, and the same aversion for ostentatious pomp, as he discovered when he first ascended it— He was accessible to his subjects even to a degree of familiarity. He frequently ate with them at their own houses; and, when he gave any entertainment himself, he thought it no disgrace to borrow plate from the rich, because he had but very little of his own, and no more than was necessary for his common use. And when some persons represented to him that the regal dignity seemed to require an air of greater opulence, his answer was, ‘That the true grandeur of a king consisted in the enriching others, not in being rich himself."

Paraphrase by John Thomas  6. And in the end of fifty-two years from b.c. 301, they, the kings of Egypt and Assyro-Macedonia, shall associate themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south, Berenice, the daughter of Ptolemy Philadelphus, shall come, or be conducted, to Antiochus Theos, the king of the north, to make a marriage agreement;

Rollin II:77 "The troubles and revolts in the East made Antiochus at last desirous to disengage himself from the war with Ptolemy. A treaty of peace was accordingly concluded between them; and the conditions of it were, that Antiochus should divorce Laodice, and espouse Berenice, the daughter of Ptolemy; that he should also disinherit his issue by the first marriage, and secure the crown to his children by the second."

John Thomas' Paraphrase  "but she shall not retain the power of the arm of her father Ptolemy Philadelphus. Neither shall he her husband Antiochus stand; for Laodice his repudiated wife, whom he shall receive again when he divorces Berenice after her father;'s death, shall cause himi to be poisoned. Nor shall his arm, Berenice, stand; but she shall be given up to suffer death; and they, the Egyptians also that brought her to Syria; and he her son, whom she brought forth, and he that strengthened her in these time, shall die; and thus leave her to the mercy of Laodice, which will be treachery and death." Daniel, 48-49

Rollin II:80 "As soon as Antiochus Theos had received intelligence of the death of Ptolemy Philadelphus, his father-in-law, he divorced Berenice, and recalled Laodice and her children. Laodice, who knew the variable disposition and inconstancy of Antiochus, and was apprehensive that the same levity of mind would induce him to return to Berenice again, resolved to improve the present opportunity to secure the crown for her son...Laodice, therefore, caused Antiochus to be poisoned, and when she saw that he was dead, she placed in his bed an person named Aremon, who very much resembled him both in his features and in the tone of his voice, to act the part she had occasion for. ...In his name were issued orders, by which his eldest son Seleucus Callinicus was appointed his successor. His death was then declared, upon which Seleucus peaceably ascended the throne, and enjoyed it for the space of twenty years....
     "Laodice, not believing herself safe as long as Berenice and her son lived, concerted measures with Seleucus to destroy them also: but Berenice being informed of their design, escaped with her son to Daphne, where she shut herself up in the asylum built by Seleucus Nicator. But being at last betrayed by the perfidy of those who besieged her there by the order of Laodice, first her son and then herself, with all the Egyptians who had accompanied her to that retreat, were murdered in the blackest and most inhuman manner."

Paraphrase by John Thomas  10. But his, Seleucus Callinicus’ sons, Seleucus Ceraunus, and Antiochus, shall be stirred up to war; and shall assemble a multirude of great forces;

Rollin: "Seleucus, [Ceraunus] in the extremities to which he was reduced, had made application to his brother Antiochus, whom he promised to invest with the sovereignty of the provinces of Asia Minor that were contiguous to Syria, provided he would join him with his troops, and act in concert with him. The young prince was then at the head of an army in those provinces; and though he was but fourteen years of age, yet, as he had all the ambition and malignity of mind that appear in men of an advanced age, he immediately accepted the offers made him, and advanced in quest of his brother, not with any intention to secure to him the enjoyment of his dominions, but to seize them for himself. His avidity was so great, and he was always so ready to seize for himself whatever came in his way, without the least regard to justice, that he acquired the surname of Hierax, which signifies a bird that pounces on all he finds, and thinks every thing good upon which he lays his talons."
 

Paraphrase by John Thomas 10 ...and one of them, even Antiochus the Great, shall certainly come and overflow through the passes of Libanus, and pass through into Galilee, and possess himself of all that part of the country, which was formerly the inheritance of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasseh. Then, the season being too far advanced to prolong the campaign, shall he return to Ptolemais, where he shall put his forces into winter quarters. But, early in the spring b.c. 217, Ptolemy Philopator shall march with a large army to Raphia, by which Antiochus shall be stirred up again to war, and defeated with great slaughter, so that he shall retreat to his fortress. 11. Thus, shall the king of the south be moved with choler, and come forth and fight with the king of the north; and the king of the north shall set forth a great multitude, even 72,000 foot and 6,000 horse; but the multitude shall be given into the hand of the king of Egypt.

Antiochus returns 19 years later to gain the long sought Northern victory.

Paraphrase by John Thomas 12. And when he, the king of the south, hath taken away the multitude by a signal defeat of Antiochus, his heart shall be lifted up, for he will desire to enter the most holy place of the temple. But while he was preparing to enter, he was stricken, and carried off for dead. In his victory over Antiochus he shall cast down ten thousands, even 10,000 foot and 300 horse. But, not following up his advantages, Philopator shall not be strengthened by his victory. 13. For Antiochus the Great, the king of the north, shall return, and set forth a multitude of troops, greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain, that is, nineteen years after the battle of Raphia, or b.c. 198, with a great army and with much riches, and shall subjugate all Palestine and Cœle-Syria.

Rome intervenes on behalf of Egypt against Antiochus, and Epiphanes and Cleopatra support Rome.

Paraphrase by John Thomas 14. And in those times, when Ptolemy Epiphanes shall reign over Egypt, many shall stand up against the infant king of the south, even the kings of Macedonia, and of Syria, and Scopas, the general of his deceased father. But the deputies of the Romans, the breakers of thy people, Daniel, shall interfere to establish the vision. They became the guardians and protectors of Epiphanes during his minority; and appointed three deputies, who were ordered to acquaint the kings with their resolution, and to enjoin them not to infest the dominions of their royal pupil; for that otherwise they should be forced to declare war against them. The deputy, Emilius, one of the three, after derivering the message of the Roman senate, proceeded to Alexandria, and settled everything to as much advantage as the state of affairs in Egypt would then admit. In this way the Romans began to mix themselves up with the affairs of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria; and in a few years established themselves as lords paramount of the East, and so constituted a power in Asia, symbolized by the Little Horn of the Goat, and in the thirty-sixth verse, styled "the king". But, though they should be "the breakers of Israel", the assurance was given to Daniel, saying, they shall fall.

Paraphrase by John Thomas 15. So the king of the north, being checked by the Romans, shall come into Palestine, and cast up a mount against Sidon, where he shall besiege the forces of the Egyptians; and he shall take Jerusalem, the city of munitions, from the castle of which he shall expel the Egyptian garrison; and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand Antiochus. 16. But Antiochus the Great, who cometh against Ptolemy Epiphanes, shall do according to his own will in Cœle-Syria and Palestine, and none shall stand before him: and he shall make a permanent stand in the glorious land of Israel, which by his hand shall be consumed. 17. He shall also set his face to enter into Greece, with the strength of his whole kingdom, and Israelites (Ishrim) with him. Thus shall he do to incorporate Greece into his dominion, by which the Romans, who had recently proclaimed it free, would be stirred up against him. Therefore, to secure the neutrality of their Egyptian ally, he shall give Cleopatra, the daughter of women, or princess royal, to Epiphanes, to wife, corrupting her to betray him by resigning to him Coele-Syria and Palestine as her dower, but on condition that he should receive half the revenues. Thus, the land of Israel was given over as a bribe to bind Cleopatra to her father’s interests, that she might influence Epiphanes either to remain neutral, or to declare against the Romans, his protectors. But she shall cleave to her husband and not stand, neither be for him, but shall join with her husband in congratulating the Roman Senate on the victory they had gained over her father at Thermopylæ (b.c. 191).

Paraphrase by John Thomas 18. After this shall Antiochus, at the earnest solicitation of the Ætolians, turn his face unto the isles of Greece, and shall take many; but a military commander (kotzin), L. Scipio, the Roman consul, shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own disgrace he, Scipio, shall cause it to turn upon Antiochus, by defeating him at Mount Sipylus, and repulsing him from every part of Asia Minor. As the condition of peace, the Romans required him to pay 15,000 talents; 500 down, 2,500 on the ratification of the treaty, and the rest in twelve years at 1,000 talents per annum. These terms being acceded to, 19. he shall turn his face toward the fortress, or capital, of his own land, being much at a loss how to raise the tribute. While in the province of Elymais, he heard of a considerable treasure in the temple of Jupiter Belus. He accordingly broke into it in the dead of night, and carried off all its riches. But he shall stumble and fall, and not be found; for the provincials, exasperated at the robbery, rebelled against him, and murdered him and all his attendants (b.c. 187).

Paraphrase by John Thomas 20. Then shall stand up in Antiochus’ estate, or kingdom, his son Seleucus Philopator, one who causeth an exactor to pass over the glory of the kingdom; the business of his reign being to raise the tribute for the Romans. But within few days—that is, twelve years—he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle, being poisoned by Heliodorus, his prime minister, having reigned long enough to pay the last instalment to the Romans.

Paraphrase by John Thomas 21. And in his, Seleucus Philopator’s, place shall stand up Heliodorus, a vile person, being both a poisoner and usurper, to whom they, the authorities of the nation, shall not give the honour of the kingdom; but Antiochus Epiphanes shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries bestowed on the party of Heliodorus.

Paraphrase by John Thomas 22. And with the arms of a flood by which they shall be formidably invaded, shall they, the Egyptians, be overflown from before Antiochus, whom they excite to war by demanding the restitution of Cœle-Syria and Palestine. And they shall be broken, or subdued; yea, also Onias the prince, or high priest, of the Mosaic covenant, shall be murdered, as in b.c. 172, it came to pass. 23. And after the league made with Ptolemy Philometor, Antiochus shall work deceitfully after his second invasion of Egypt, b.c. 170 for he shall come up to Alexandria, and he shall become strong with a small people, or army. By his deceit, 24. he shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province to which he reduces Egypt; and he, Antiochus, shall do that which his fathers, or predecessors have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; namely, he shall scatter among his followers, the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds of Egypt, even for a time. 25. And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for the Alexandrians seeing him in the hands of Antiochus, and lost to them, shall forecast devices against him, and place the crown of Egypt upon the head of his brother Euergetes II. 26. Yea, they that feed of the portion of Philometor’s meat, even his courtiers, shall separate, or renounce, him; and his, Antiochus’, army shall overflow Egypt; and many of the Egyptians shall fall down slain. 27. And the hearts of both these kings shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table, but shall not prosper; for the end is yet at the time appointed.

Paraphrase by John Thomas 28. Then shall Antiochus Epiphanes return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the Holy Covenant; and he shall do terrible things against Jerusalem, taking it by storm, butchering 80,000 men, making 40,000 prisoners, and causing a like number to be sold for slaves. And then shall he return to his own land, laden with the spoils of the temple, amounting to 1,800 talents, or œ270,000 (b.c. 169).

Paraphrase by John Thomas 29. At the time appointed, under pretence of restoring Philometor to the throne, he shall return, and come toward the south against Alexandria to besiege it. But it, this fourth invasion, shall not be as the former, or as the latter. He raised the siege, and marched towards Memphis, where he installed Philometor as king. As soon, however, as he had departed, Philometor came to an understanding with Euergetes, and they agreed to a joint reign over Egypt. This coming to the ears of Antiochus, he led a powerful army against Memphis for the purpose of subduing the country. Having nearly accomplished his project, he marched against Alexandria, which was the only obstacle to his becoming absolute master of Egypt. But the Roman Embassy, sent at the request of the Ptolemies, met him about a mile from the city. They had left Rome with the utmost diligence. When they arrived at Delos, they found a fleet of Macedonian, or Greek, ships, on board of which they embarked for Alexandria, where they arrived at the crisis of his approach. Popilius delivered him the decree of the Senate, and demanded an immediate answer. Sorely against his will, he agreed to obey its mandate, and draw off his army from Egypt. Thus his invasion terminated very differently from the former: 30. for the ships of Chittim shall come against him, and prevent him from incorporating Egypt into his Assyrian kingdom of the north.

All his wrath was kindled at this interference; therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the Holy Covenant; for in his return march through Palestine, he detached 20,000 men under Apollonius with orders to destroy Jerusalem, b.c. 168. So shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the Holy Covenant.

Paraphrase by John Thomas 31. And arms shall stand on his part under Apollonius; and they, the Assyro-Macedonian troops, shall pollute the temple, or sanctuary of strength, by shedding the blood of the worshippers in its courts; and they shall take away the daily sacrifice; and they shall place a strong fort and garrison to command the temple, even the abomination that maketh desolate, and overawes the nation.

As soon as Antiochus Epiphanes was returned to Antioch, he published a decree by which all his subjects were required to conform to his religion. This was aimed chiefly at the Jews, whose religion and nation he was resolved to extirpate. Atheneus, a man advanced in years, and extremely well versed in all the ceremonies of the Grecian idolatry, was commissioned to carry the edict into effect in Judea and Samaria. As soon as he arrived at Jerusalem, he began by suppressing the daily, or burnt offering of continuance, and all the observances of the Jewish law. He caused the sabbaths and other festivals to be profaned; forbade the circumcision of children; carried off and burnt all copies of the law wherever they could be found; and put to death whoever acted contrary to the decree of the king. To establish it the sooner in every part of the nation, altars and chapels filled with idols were erected in every city, and sacred groves were planted. Officers were appointed over these, who caused the people generally to offer sacrifice in them every month, on the day of the month on which the king was born, who made them eat swine’s flesh and other unclean animals sacrificed there. The temple in Jerusalem was dedicated to Jupiter Olympus, whose statue was placed within it. Thus he did in his great indignation against Jehovah and His people Israel.

Paraphrase by John Thomas 32. And such of the Jews as do wickedly against the covenant shall Antiochus by flatteries cause to dissemble. These not only "forsook the holy covenant", but "had intelligence" with the king, and aided him all they could in the desolation with which he was overspreading their country. But the Maccabees and their adherents, people who do know their God shall be strong, and do valiantly in war. 33. And they, even Mattathias and his five sons, etc., that understand among the people shall instruct, and encourage, many; yet they of their party shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, days.

Paraphrase by John Thomas 34. Now when they shall fall by these calamities they shall be holpen with a little help; for whilst Antiochus was amusing himself by celebrating games at Daphne, Judas Maccabæus had raised the standard of independence, and was helping his countrymen in Judea. He levied a small army, fortified the cities, rebuilt the fortresses, threw strong garrisons into them, and thereby awed the whole country. He defeated and killed Apollonius, and made great slaughter of the troops. With 3,000 men he defeated Lysias with 47,000; and another army of 20,000 under Timotheus and Bacchides; and in the year b.c. 170, he gave Lysias a second defeat at Bethsura, by which he dispersed 65,000 of the enemy. Yet, many shall cleave to them, the Maccabees, with flatteries, for it was a time of trial. 35. And therefore some of them of understanding shall fall to try them, and to purge, and make them white for the Time of the end; because it, the time of the end, is yet for a time appointed.

First Star is Augustus

"Josephus tells us in one place (Bell. Jud., I, xxi, 1), that the Temple was begun in the fifteenth year of Herod, and in another (Ant., XV, xi, 1) in the eighteenth...
"The 18 year of his legal reign, and the 15th year of his actual reign would be the same year.

The Star

The Bible as History  "On May 29^th, visible for fully two hours in the morning sky, the first close encounter took place in the 21^st degree of Pisces with a difference of 0 degree of longitude and of 0 - 98 degrees of latitude.  The second conjunction took place on October 3rd in the 18^th degree of the constellation of Pisces.  On December 4^th for the third and last time a close encounter of the planets Jupiter and Saturn took place.  This time it was in the 16th degree of Pisces.  At  the end of January in the year 6 B.C. the planet Jupiter moved out of Pisces into Aries."  pg 330

"On May 29^th, in the year 7 B.C. they observed the first encounter of the two planets from the roof of the School of Astrology at Sippar.  At that time of year the heat was already unbearable in Mesopotamia.  Summer is no time for long and difficult journeys.  Besides that, they knew about the second conjunction on October 3^rd. They could predict this encounter in advance as accurately as future eclipses of the sun and moon.  The fact that October 3^rd was the Jewish Day of Atonement may have been taken as an admonition, and at that point they may have started out on their journey."  pg 331

Herod died at the age of seventy in 4 BC., 36 years after Rome had made him King.  It is said that immediately after his death there occurred an eclipse of the moon which modern astronomers reckon to have happened on March 13th, 4 BC.

See Note at 30 BC concerning Augustus:  Dr. Thomas places date at 15 AD, with the note that Tiberius began to reign with Augustus 3 years earlier.  The Catholic Dictionary places date at 10 AD.  I place the date at the Spring Festival, 9 AD which was a special feast that Augustus ordained for the purpose of making it clear to all in the empire that Tiberius was to be his heir.  (Notwithstanding Augustus' own reservations.)

Luke 3:1-3 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,  Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.   And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

JOH 2:19-20  Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

A Friday Crucifixion?

Eur I:  427  When they received the word, they received it gladly and were immersed; and then “continued steadfastly in the apostle’s teaching and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers;” and while in their “first love,” “the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul; and great grace was upon them all.” In this primitive condition of affairs, the ecclesias were all the heritages, hoi kleroi , or clergy , of God, constituting “the flock;” while “the rulers” or “elders” were its feeders under the supremacy of the Chief Shepherd at the right hand of the majesty in the heavens.

Tiberius dies in the 23rd year of his reign, and is succeeded by the Third Star, named Caius Caesar Caligula.   Of this human monster Tiberius said, that he had brought up a serpent for the Roman people; concerning whom he expressed the wish that they had but one neck, that he might cut if off at one stroke. He He died 37 AD.--Eureka

The Fourth Star was Claudius Caesar. The famine mentioned in Acts 11:28, pervaded the whole Roman Habitable under this star. He reigned not quite fourteen years, and died aged 63--Eureka

The Fifth Star was his successor Tiberius Claudius Nero. This Caesar for the first five years reigned with applause, being provoked to good conduct by the perpetual admonitions of the renowned Seneca. But changing his manners, he sunk to the lowest depths of degradation. He reduced the greater part of Rome to ashes, and charged it upon the christians, upon whom he inflicted the most exquisite torture. He died by his own hand in the fourteenth year of his reign, aged 32--Eureka

Note

Eur I: 329   What precise number of years “the heritages of the Deity,” continued in this happy and uncorrupted condition, it is impossible to define. We know when the state began, but cannot tell the first year when the devil, or the flesh, began to pervert the truth. We may remark safely, that there is no well defined chronological line between the Apostolical State and the Ephesian State, by which it was succeeded. There was “One Body,” consisting of many ecclesias, pertaining to the Apostolical State; and before that body could be said to have passed into the Ephesian State, the Angel Presbyteries of the ecclesias or heritages generally must have responded to the apocalyptical description of the angel at Ephesus.

The Seventh Star was Otho, remarkable for his wickedness, and the shortness of his reign, which scarcely exceeded three months. He died by his own hand, and was succeeded by a man of incontinent gluttony.--Eureka

Vitellius was the Eighth Star, whose reign of seven months was signalized by the expenditure of thirty millions of dollars in feasting and riot. In the 57th of his age, he was dragged half-naked by a Roman mob into the forum, and with exquisite tortures torn to pieces, and thrown into the Tiber.--Eureka

The Ninth Star was Vespasian. He emulated the excellences of Augustus, and grieved to inflict punishment when justice demanded it. He was, however, extremely avaricious. He reigned ten years, and died aged 69.--Eureka

AD 69

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AD 79

Domitian was the Eleventh Star of the Imperial Stephan. He persecuted the christians with the greatest rigour. He was a second Nero. John, the Apostle, was banished by his decree to the isle of Patmos, where the Apocalypse was revealed to him for the benefit of all true Christadelphians, or Brethren of Christ. After a reign of fifteen years, being detested on account of his cruelty, he was put to death by his own guards, aged 55  --Eureka

The Twelfth Star of this "dreadful and terrible" succession Cocceius Nerva, a man of prudence and moderation, who acquired the dominion late in life. During his brief reign of one year and four months, John was restored to the society of his brethren and companions in tribulation. He died, aged 66, and was succeeded by Trajan -- Eureka

Rev. 6:1-2  And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

The mild and aged Nerva adopted Trajan a.d. 98, and declared him his colleague and successor in the empire. When Nerva deceased, and Trajan became sole master of the Habitable of the Diabolos, the spirit of persecution broke out afresh; and appears to have been very severe in the region of the Seven Ecclesias. The "tribulation" continued ten years, until the death of Trajan, a.d. 117.--Eureka

When Nerva deceased, and Trajan became sole master of the Habitable of the Diabolos, the spirit of persecution broke out afresh; and appears to have been very severe in the region of the Seven Ecclesias. The "tribulation" continued ten years, until the death of Trajan, a.d. 117.--Eureka I: 232

Such a synagogue, then, came to be a fit and proper emblem of those “Christians,” falsely so-called, who in Smyrna “said they were Jews, but were not.” John, referring to these spurious Christians in divers places, says, in  1 Ep. 2:19 , “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us they would doubtless have continued with us; but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.” This emigration from the apostolic fellowship became “the synagogue of the Satan,” and was afterwards distinguished by the assumed title of “the Holy Apostolic Catholic Church.”Eureka

Rev 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Rev. 6:3-4 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

4066

Emperor Commodus

(180-192)

0

AD 183

4073

Panteaenus opens seminary at Alexandria

7

AD 190

4075

Emperor Pertinax

2

AD 192

4076

Emperor Julian

Emperor Septimus Severus

1

AD 193

Emperor Caracalla

Rev. 6:5-6 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

Eureka. 2:175  The voice, then, of this third seal hieroglyphic, was not the voice of famine, but of an intolerable assessment for state purposes of the abundance already in store, and to be hereafter produced. The era succeeding the seal-period in which they were slaying one another under the generalship of the great machaira, was one of abundance of wheat, barley, oil, and wine. This appears from the testimony of Dion who lived in those times. He says that Septimus Severus celebrated the secular games with extraordinary magnificence, and at his decease, left in the public granaries a provision of grain for seven years, at the rate of 75,000 modii, or pecks, or about 10,000 bushels a day. This was a part of the policy of S. Severus by a constant and liberal distribution of grain and provisions, to captivate the affections of the Roman people. But the policy of his son and successor, the fierce Caracalla, was “to secure the affections of the army, and to esteem the rest of his subjects as of little moment.” The liberality and indulgence to the troops was tempered by the father with firmness, authority, and prudence; but the careless profusion of Caracalla’s reign, the inaugural period of the signvoice of the third seal, was, as Gibbon says, “the inevitable ruin both of the army and of the empire. The excessive increase of their pay and donatives, exhausted the state to enrich the military order, whose modesty in peace, and service in war, are best secured by an honorable poverty.”

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Emperor Caracalla

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Rev. 6:5-6 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

Eureka. 2:175  The voice, then, of this third seal hieroglyphic, was not the voice of famine, but of an intolerable assessment for state purposes of the abundance already in store, and to be hereafter produced. The era succeeding the seal-period in which they were slaying one another under the generalship of the great machaira, was one of abundance of wheat, barley, oil, and wine. This appears from the testimony of Dion who lived in those times. He says that Septimus Severus celebrated the secular games with extraordinary magnificence, and at his decease, left in the public granaries a provision of grain for seven years, at the rate of 75,000 modii, or pecks, or about 10,000 bushels a day. This was a part of the policy of S. Severus by a constant and liberal distribution of grain and provisions, to captivate the affections of the Roman people. But the policy of his son and successor, the fierce Caracalla, was “to secure the affections of the army, and to esteem the rest of his subjects as of little moment.” The liberality and indulgence to the troops was tempered by the father with firmness, authority, and prudence; but the careless profusion of Caracalla’s reign, the inaugural period of the signvoice of the third seal, was, as Gibbon says, “the inevitable ruin both of the army and of the empire. The excessive increase of their pay and donatives, exhausted the state to enrich the military order, whose modesty in peace, and service in war, are best secured by an honorable poverty.”

AD 212

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Emperor Macrinus

5

AD 217

4101

Emperor Elagabalus

1

Eureka. 2:195

AD 218

(Origen ordained in Cesearea)

Origen attempted to synthesize the fundamental principles of Greek philosophy, particularly those of Neoplatonism and Stoicism, with the Christianity of creed and Scripture so as to prove the Christian view of the universe to be compatible with Greek thought. Before St. Augustine, Origen was the most influential theologian in the church. His threefold plan of interpreting Scripture (literal, ethical, and allegorical) influenced subsequent exegetical works. In spite of Origen's fame as an apologist for Christianity, there was question as to his orthodoxy. His somewhat recondite blending of pagan philosophy with Christian theology led to his condemnation by Justinian in the Monophysite controversy.

Rev. 6:7-8 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

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The Sardean State

The African Council

18

AD 253

Start of Diocletians reign

AD 284

Diocletian makes Maximian Augustus (Maximiniam) Co-emperor

AD 285

Diocletion makes Constatious and Gallerious co junior emperors, or co caesars

AD 293

The start of the 10 days of Persecution under Diocletion

Start of the Fifth Seal and 10 years of extreme persecutions

Rev. 6:9-11 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

Gallerious appoints Severus and Maximinus Daia, as junior emperor in his former stead, ignoring the sons of Maximian (Maximiniam) and Constantious (Maxentius, and Constantine are there respective sons)

AD 305

Death of Constantius 6 BC, Constantine takes his Fathers Portion, but Gallerius only acknowledges him as a junior emperor as was Severus, and Maximinus Daia

Maxentious (Maximian's son) claims Roman throne (western Emperor) for himself

The end of the 280 years gestation and Birth of the Man Child

AD 307

Grants to him Illyicum, Thrace, and Pannonia

AD 308

Maxentiis dies at defeat by Constantine at Milvian Bridge

Rev. 12:6   And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Eureka:  "This feud is styled in history "the African Controversy." The provinces south of the Mediterranean, from the confines of Cyrene to the columns of Hercules, a.d. 312, were distracted with religious discord...In this state of bitter partizanship, the divided church was incapable of affording an impartial judicature. Application was, therefore, made to Constantine by the Donatist bishops of Africa, a.d. 313, desiring him to appoint bishops of the church in Gaul to settle their difficulties...The honors and estates of the church were attributed to his suffragan bishops, and it was with difficulty that Constantine was satisfied with inflicting the punishment of exile on the principal leaders of the Donatists."

The Sixth seal

The "War in Heaven"

Constantine the Great begins reign, with Licinius his co ruler

Rev. 6:12-17 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Rev. 12:7-9  And there was wa in heaven: M ch and his angels fought ast the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And preailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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Licinius killed following battle of Andrionople

Constantine reigns alone

11

AD 324

Julian Earthquake

37

AD 361

Justinian Code

57

Justinian ruled 38 years from 527-565 AD.  He began his novels in 529, and codified his law by 533  AD.  The prophesy of 42 months might run from 529 to the French revolution in 1789.

AD 533

Emperor Phocus Declares Roman Bishop Pope
Start of 1260 days, 42 months, and time times and dividing of time

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NOTE

AD 607

4945

Second Woe Trumpet,
Four Angels Loosed for 391 years, 30 days:Alp Arslan, Gengis Kahn, Timourlane, Othman

129

1062

End of 391 years, 30 days

Beginning of 105 year death of witness

Desolator or Euphratean power is dried up

Dan 9:27  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolateNOTE