Perhaps this is why “no one knows the day or the hour,” because it is not a fixed date. Which makes all the attempts at calculating, say, the year, a waste of time.
The fact that the quid pro quo laid out by God in Isa 66.22 was identical to the one he laid out in the covenant he made with Israel through King David that turned our promised land into a fulfilled one -
Isaiah 66:22
For AS the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, SHALL REMAIN BEFORE ME, says the LORD; so SHALL your descendants and your name remain.
2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and your kingdom SHALL BE made sure FOREVER BEFORE ME; your throne SHALL be established forever.
- was no coincidence.
The fact that the context in the immediately preceding verse reffered to the High Priesthood (Levitical Zadokite) established under the Davidic covenant -
Isaiah 66:21
And I will also take some of them as priests and as Levites, says the LORD.
- was also, no coincidence.
The fact that this High Priesthood was usurped from the Temple by the forerunners the pharisees and rabbinical Judaism about 200 years before Jesus’s ministry -
2 Maccabees 4:24-25
But he, when presented to the king, extolled him with an air of authority, and secured the high priesthood for himself, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver. 25 After receiving the king's orders he returned, possessing no qualification for the high priesthood, but having the hot temper of a cruel tyrant and the rage of a savage wild beast.
- never to be restored again, was also no coincidence.
The fact this new heaven and earth appears in the 22nd book of the Hebrew Scriptures (Chronicles is 1 book) with 66 chapters and the 66th book of the Christian scriptures with 22 chapters is also, no c🪙incidence.
Perhaps this is why “no one knows the day or the hour,” because it is not a fixed date. Which makes all the attempts at calculating, say, the year, a waste of time.
The question of Free Will vs. Predestination.
Thank you for this Scripture study.
Where can I learn more about Pseudo-Philo?
The fact that the quid pro quo laid out by God in Isa 66.22 was identical to the one he laid out in the covenant he made with Israel through King David that turned our promised land into a fulfilled one -
Isaiah 66:22
For AS the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, SHALL REMAIN BEFORE ME, says the LORD; so SHALL your descendants and your name remain.
2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and your kingdom SHALL BE made sure FOREVER BEFORE ME; your throne SHALL be established forever.
- was no coincidence.
The fact that the context in the immediately preceding verse reffered to the High Priesthood (Levitical Zadokite) established under the Davidic covenant -
Isaiah 66:21
And I will also take some of them as priests and as Levites, says the LORD.
- was also, no coincidence.
The fact that this High Priesthood was usurped from the Temple by the forerunners the pharisees and rabbinical Judaism about 200 years before Jesus’s ministry -
2 Maccabees 4:24-25
But he, when presented to the king, extolled him with an air of authority, and secured the high priesthood for himself, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver. 25 After receiving the king's orders he returned, possessing no qualification for the high priesthood, but having the hot temper of a cruel tyrant and the rage of a savage wild beast.
- never to be restored again, was also no coincidence.
The fact this new heaven and earth appears in the 22nd book of the Hebrew Scriptures (Chronicles is 1 book) with 66 chapters and the 66th book of the Christian scriptures with 22 chapters is also, no c🪙incidence.
May the Spirit of the One Truth be With us ALL 🙏