> 11:12 is a fiction...
The Earth of God was lost during the flood, and lifespans began
to decrease significantly.
The original Earth as described in Genesis had some kind of ice
shield up above the air. It created a different atmospheric
pressure, kept out certain types of harmful rays from the sun,
caused the sky to appear different and the daylight to not be
so direct and harsh, and the night lights to be more dispersed
and giving off more light than we see today during the night.
During the flood, the Bible says the fountains of the deep broke
open (water coming up from the Earth) and the windows of Heaven
were opened. Those windows were the ice shields.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+7%3A11-24&version=NIV;KJV
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second
month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were
all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the
windows of heaven were opened.
Note there also it says "In the six hundredth year," which many
have studied and believe is analogous to the 6,000th year. Note
also that it records the month and the day here, which is unusual
for things in scripture. Only certain visions record that much
detail, only certain events. The rest say "in the Nnth year of
the reign of so-and-so" and it doesn't give greater detail.
These are all clues the way God has conveyed this information to
us in the Bible, so that those who "study to show themselves ap-
proved of God" will be able to see them, and the rest will con-
sider them lunacy and not seek any further.
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Some additional thoughts I've had to consider regarding the 1948
years:
It was 1948 years +/- months from Adam to Abraham.
It was in the year 1948, and approximately 1954 to 1956 years,
from Jesus to Israel being made a nation again.
It was approximately 74 to 76 years before Israel was destroyed
as a nation when Jerusalem was destroyed in A.D. 70.
If we reference that May 14, 1948 year as being the starting
point of that same 74 to 76 years (from Jesus' birth to the
destruction of Israel as a nation), it would mean that 1948 +
74 to 76 years would be the end-times, which would put it in
the 2022 to 2024 time frame.
It's interesting to note the wording used by the King James
authors when they refer to the end time when the rapture
takes place:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians+15:52&version=NIV;KJV
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
President Trump's second term would end in January, 2025.
It's just one of those signs the Watchmen are called to watch for.
Will it happen at that time? Before? Nobody knows except for God
Himself. We look for the signs, and convey them to others, looking
for those patterns, those prior things recorded in scripture before
that did happen, as patterns of what will happen again.
--
Rick C. Hodgin