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Monday, May 23, 2011

Daniel Extremity 12:11 Wonderful Enigmas

Rev 13:1-18 KJV
(1)And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
(2)And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
(3)And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
(4)And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
(5)And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
(6)And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
(7)And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
(8)And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
(9)If any man have an ear, let him hear.
(10)He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
(11)And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
(12)And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
(13)And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
(14)And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
(15)And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
(16)And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
(17)And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
(18)Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Dan 12:10-11 KJV
(10)Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
(11)And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

For yours truly these last verses of the book of Daniel are most enigmatic and perplexing. The teachings upon this subject that are most interesting usually revolve around the Jewish calendar and also the Jewish Feast Days. Some have even involved the combinations of the preceding 2 in addition to the building of Ezekiel's temple. One of the perplexing matters involves the addition of 30 days to the tribulation period. The period of 30 days has another part to play in chapter 6. This is when Daniel was placed into the lions' den. In this 30 day period people were faced with renouncing their religious beliefs to avoid death. In other words a spiritual choice had to be made. This choice very similar to the one that will face the unbelieving world when the world leaders hand over the world to the antichrist.

However as we will explore in our look into these 30 additional days the Hebrew calendar, the book of Esther who also served God during the Persian rule and the actions of individuals pertaining to treatment of the Hebrew people are all involved. As a matter of fact the scripture seems to go out of its way to make sure these historic details are written. This is when we must remember 2 of the most important passages we often use in our prophetic journeys.

Ecc 1:9-11 KJV
(9)The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
(10)Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
(11)There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

Rom 15:1-7 KJV
(1)We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
(2)Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
(3)For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
(4)For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
(5)Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
(6)That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.(7)Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

Dan 6:1-10 KJV
(1)It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
(2)And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
(3)Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
(4)Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
(5)Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
(6)Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
(7)All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
(8)Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
(9)Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
(10)Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Dan 6:12 KJV
(12)Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.


Here in verse 11 we are shown that in fact there will be an additional period of 1 month added to the time frame of great tribulation. It appears that in the aftermath of the 2 witnesses of Revelation 11 being killed and resurrected the leaders of the world fall into the power of the antichrist. Perhaps in the process involved here there will be a 30 day period in which the subjects of this coming world government are issued the same ultimatum the people had in Daniel 6. As we have mentioned before some of Satan's most powerful alliances are found in the spiritual warfare of politics.

Dan 6:7-8 KJV
(7) All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
(8) Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Rev 17:9-16 KJV
(9) And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
(10) And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
(11) And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
(12) And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
(13) These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
(14) These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
(15) And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
(16) And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

Rev 11:3-7 KJV
(3)And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
(4)These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
(5)And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
(6)These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
(7)And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

The fact that these 2 witnesses are overcome by the antichrist will no doubt spark the leaders of the world to huddle around the antichrist due to his powers. According to what we have learned from other chapters in our exploration of Daniel the 1260th day of this time period is also the midst of the 7 year covenant which is broken by the antichrist and his warfare both on those who choose Jesus and the Jewish people begins.

The 30 day period could be an indication that the events may take place within a year which the Hebrew calendar adds an additional 30 days to the year. This is commonly known as the month Adar ll.
Again this ministry is not going to attempt to set dates and times as we know God and God alone knows when. However we do know that the lunar calendar followed by the Hebrew people includes what is known as the intercalary month. Below is how the word is defined according to the ISBE or International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.

Adar (1)
ā-´dar (אדר, 'ădhār, meaning uncertain): The Babylonian name of the twelfth month of the year. Used in the Bible only in Ezr_6:15 and eight times in Esther. At first the author in Esther defines Adar as the twelfth month, but afterward omits the numeral. In order to maintain the relation of the year to the seasons it was customary to add a second Adar, as often as was needed, as an intercalary month.
Some additional explanation according to Wikipedia.

The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri), or Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish religious observances. It determines the dates for Jewish holidays and the appropriate public reading of Torah portions, yahrzeits (dates to commemorate the death of a relative), and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses. In Israel, it is an official calendar for civil purposes and provides a time frame for agriculture.

Because of the roughly eleven-day difference between twelve lunar months and one solar year, the length of the Hebrew calendar year varies in a repeating 19-year Metonic cycle of 235 lunar months, with an intercalary lunar month added according to defined rules every two or three years, for a total of 7 times per 19 years. Seasonal references in the Hebrew calendar reflect its development in the region east of the Mediterranean and the times and climate of the Northern Hemisphere. The Hebrew calendar year is longer by about 6 minutes and 25+25/57 seconds than the present-day mean solar year, so that every 224 years, the Hebrew calendar will fall a full day behind the modern solar year, and about every 231 years it will fall a full day behind the Gregorian calendar year.
We will not tread that much on unfamiliar ground although this could be a significant relationship to the events we have been studying. Other scholars have also tied these events to the Jewish Feast days. A number of these also occur in the month of Adar II.

Holidays in Adar
13 Adar (II in leap years) - Fast of Esther – on 11 Adar when the 13th falls on Shabbat - (Fast Day)
14 Adar (II in leap years) - Purim
14 Adar I (does not exist in non-leap years) - Purim Katan
15 Adar (II in leap years) - Shushan Purim - celebration of Purim in walled cities existing during the time of Joshua

These all center around a holiday known as Purim. Purim has many spiritual and historical allusions to end of the age activity. Let's take a few moments to explore these events as well as some others we have touched upon throughout our studies and prophetic journeys.

Est 7:1-10 KJV
(1)So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
(2)And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
(3)Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
(4)For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
(5)Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
(6)And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
(7)And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
(8)Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
(9)And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
(10)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.


Est 8:7-12 KJV
(7)Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
(8)Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
(9)Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
(10)And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
(11)Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
(12)Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

Est 9:1-5 KJV
(1)Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
(2)The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
(3)And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
(4)For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
(5)Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

Est 9:22-32 KJV
(22)As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
(23)And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
(24)Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
(25)But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
(26)Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
(27)The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
(28)And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
(29)Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
(30)And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
(31)To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
(32)And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

If someone is having trouble making the connections to the tribulation period and our end of the age studies in the book of Daniel please give extra consideration to verse 22.

Est 9:20-22 KJV
(20)And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
(21)To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
(22)As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

This all has prophetic reflections to offer to the end of the age.
Purim (Hebrew: פּוּרִים (help·info) Pûrîm "lots", from the word pur,[2] related to Akkadian pūru) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by Haman, a story recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther).

Purim is celebrated annually according to the Hebrew calendar on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar (Adar II in leap years), the day following the victory of the Jews over their enemies. Purim begins at sundown. In cities that were protected by a surrounding wall at the time of Joshua, Purim is celebrated on the 15th of the month;[3] Everywhere else, Purim is on the 14th, while the 15th is known as Shushan Purim. Due to Jerusalem's importance, it celebrates Purim on the 15th despite it not having been surrounded by a wall since the time of Joshua. This is to prevent less holy cities having an advantage over Jerusalem.
Purim is characterized by public recitation of the Scroll of Esther (keriat ha-megillah), additions to the prayers and the grace after meals (al hannisim), giving mutual gifts of food and drink (mishloach manot), giving charity to the poor (mattanot la-evyonim),[4] and a celebratory meal (se'udat Purim);[5] other customs include drinking wine, wearing of masks and costumes, and public celebration.
According to the Book of Esther, Haman, royal vizier to King Ahasuerus planned to kill the Jews, but his plans were foiled by Mordechai and Queen Esther. The day of deliverance became a day of feasting and rejoicing.
The Fast of Esther is a Jewish fast from dawn until dusk on Purim eve, commemorating the three-day fast observed by the Jewish people in the story of Purim. It is a common misconception that this fast was accepted by the Jews for all future generations during the time of Esther, as it is stated in the Book of Esther: They had established for themselves and their descendants the matters of the fasts and their cry (Esther 9:31). This verse actually refers to the four fasts which relate to mourning for the Temple. Rather, the first mention of this fast is a Minhag that is referenced in the Gaonic period.[1]The Fast is observed on the 13th day of the Hebrew month of Adar. If the date of the Fast of Esther falls on Shabbat (Saturday), the fast is instead observed on the preceding Thursday, as is the case in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014.Since the Fast of Esther is not one of the four public fasts ordained by the Prophets, the laws are more lenient; pregnant women, nursing mothers, and those who are weak are not required to observe it.

Shushan Purim
Shushan Purim falls on Adar 15 and is the day on which Jews in Jerusalem celebrate Purim.[27] The day is also universally observed by omitting the Tachanun prayer and having a more elaborate meal than on ordinary days.[40]
Purim
is celebrated on the Adar 14 because the Jews in unwalled cities fought their enemies on Adar 13 and rested the following day. However, in Shushan, the walled capital city of the Persian Empire, the Jews were involved in defeating their enemies on Adar 13–14 and rested on the 15th (Esther 9:20–22). In commemoration of this, it was decided that while the victory would be celebrated universally on Adar 14, for Jews living in Shushan, the holiday would be held on Adar 15. Later, in deference to Jerusalem, the Sages determined that Purim would be celebrated on Adar 15 in all cities which had been enclosed by a wall at the time of Joshua's conquest of the Land of Israel. This criterion allowed the city of Jerusalem to retain its importance for Jews, and although Shushan was not walled at the time of Joshua, it was made an exception since the miracle occurred there.

Purim Meshulash
Purim ha-Meshulash, or the three-fold Purim, is a rare calendric occurrence that affects how Purim is observed in Jerusalem. When Shushan Purim (Adar 15) falls on Sabbath, the holiday is celebrated over a period of three days. [43]The megilla reading and distribution of charity takes place on the Friday (Adar 14). The Al ha-Nissim prayer is only recited on Sabbath (Adar 15) and the Torah portion for Purim is read for maftir. On Sunday (Adar 16) mishloach manot are sent and the festive Purim meal is held. Purim ha-Meshulash sometimes occurs every 2–3 years and sometimes it falls after a 13 year gap. The last occurrence was in 2008 and the next one will be in 2021.
Purim Katan
During leap years on the Hebrew calendar, Purim is celebrated in the second month of Adar. (The Karaites, however, celebrate it in the first month of Adar.) The 14th of the first Adar is then called Purim Katan ("Little Purim" in Hebrew) and the 15th is Shushan Purim Katan, for which there no set observances but have a minor holiday aspect to it. The distinctions between the first and the second Purim in leap years are mentioned in the Mishnah.
Some other known events associated to the month of Adar
1 Adar - (1313 BCE) - Plague of Darkness

Exo 10:21-23 KJV
(21)And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
(22)And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
(23)They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

  
3 Adar - (515 BCE) - Second Temple completed

Hag 1:13-15 KJV
(13)Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
(14)And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
(15)In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

Zec 4:8-10 KJV
(8)Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
(9)The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
(10)For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

7 Adar - (1393 and 1273 BCE) - Moses' birth and passing
    Moses was born in Egypt on the 7th of Adar of the Hebrew year 2368 (1393 BCE) and is said to have died on his 120th birthday, Adar 7, 2488 (1273 BCE)
    13 Adar - (522 BCE) - war against enemies of the Jews in Persia
    On the 13th of Adar of the Hebrew year 522 BCE, battles were fought throughout the Persian Empire between the Jews and those seeking to kill them in accordance with the decree issued by King Achashveirosh eleven months earlier. (Achashveirosh never rescinded that decree; but after the hanging of Haman on Nissan 16 of the previous year, and Queen Esther's pleading on behalf of her people, he agreed to issue a second decree authorizing the Jews to defend themselves against those seeking to kill them.) 75,000 enemies were killed on that day, and 500 in the capital, Shushan, including Haman's ten sons (Parshandata, Dalfon, Aspata, Porata, Adalia, Aridata, Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizata), whose bodies were subsequently hanged. The Jews did not take any of the possessions of the slain as booty, though authorized to do so by the king's decree. (The Book of Esther, chapter 9).
    13 Adar - (161 BCE) - Maccabee victory / Yom Nicanor
    The Maccabees defeated the Syrian General Nicanor in a battle fought four years after the Maccabee's liberation of the Holy Land and the miracle of Hanukkah.
    14 Adar - (522 BCE) - Purim victory celebrated
    The festival of Purim celebrates the salvation of the Jewish people from Haman's plot "to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day."
    15 Adar - (522 BCE) - Purim Victory Celebrated in Shushan
    15 Adar - (1st century CE) - Jerusalem Gate Day
    King Agrippa I (circa 21 CE) began construction of a gate for the wall of Jerusalem; the day used to be celebrated as a holiday.
    25 Adar - (561 BCE) - Nebuchadnezzar died
    Death of King Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian emperor who conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the first Holy Temple 26 years earlier, died on the 25th of Adar. (Jeremiah 52:31)
    27 Adar - (561 BCE) - Passing of Zedekiah
    Zedekiah was the last king of the royal house of David to reign in the Holy Land. He ascended the throne in 597 BCE, after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia (to whom the Kingdom of Judah was then subject) exiled King Jeconiah (Zedekiah's nephew) to Babylonia . In 588 BCE Zedekiah rebelled against Babylonian rule, and Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem (in Tevet 10 of that year); in the summer of 586 BCE the walls of Jerusalem were penetrated, the city conquered, the (first) Holy Temple destroyed, and the people of Judah exiled to Babylonia. Zedekiah tried escaping through a tunnel leading out of the city, but was captured; his sons were killed in front of him, and then he was blinded. Zedekiah languished in the royal dungeon in Babylonia until Nebuchadnezzar's death in 561 BCE. Meroduch, Nebuchadnezzar's son and successor, freed him (and his nephew Jeconiah) on the 27th of Adar, but Zedikiah died that same day.
Once again we cannot pretend to know the day or the hour. This is also not to say in so many words that we have the right month or leap year. However the Hebrew calendar does indicate to us in what we have looked into that this particular month of Adar in the Jewish leap year has had some definite connections to both prophetic events and people. It could also have some connection to this mysterious addition of 30 days to the tribulation period.

Psa 119:169-176 KJV
(169)TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
(170)Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
(171)My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
(172)My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
(173)Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
(174)I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
(175)Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
(176)I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

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